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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("page" is a kind of...):
folio; leaf (a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book))
Meronyms (parts of "page"):
dog-ear (a corner of a page turned down to mark your place)
folio; page number; pagination; paging (the system of numbering pages)
margin (the blank space that surrounds the text on a page)
Meronyms (substance of "page"):
paper (a medium for written communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "page"):
full page (something that covers an entire page)
half page (something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page)
recto (right-hand page)
verso (left-hand page)
title page (a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher)
bastard title; half title (a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book)
sports page (any page in the sports section of a newspaper)
facing pages; spread; spread head; spreadhead (two facing pages of a book or other publication)
foldout; gatefold (an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine)
Derivation:
page; paginate (number the pages of a book or manuscript)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
Synonyms:
page; varlet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("page" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("page" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Derivation:
page (work as a page)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A boy who is employed to run errands
Synonyms:
page; pageboy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("page" is a kind of...):
errand boy; messenger boy (a boy who earns money by running errands)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 6
Meaning:
English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
Synonyms:
Page; Sir Frederick Handley Page
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they page ... he / she / it pages
Past simple: paged
Past participle: paged
-ing form: paging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "page" is one way to...):
summon (ask to come)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
pager (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)
paging (calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Number the pages of a book or manuscript
Synonyms:
foliate; page; paginate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "page" is one way to...):
number (give numbers to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
paging (the system of numbering pages)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Work as a page
Example:
He is paging in Congress this summer
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "page" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
page (a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings)
Context examples:
If you use the Web, look for an "about us" page.
(Evaluating Health Information, NIH: National Library of Medicine)
On this page you'll find information to help you choose a health care provider or service.
(Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service, NIH)
Alleyne had turned to follow them, when he felt a touch upon his shoulder, and found a young page by his side.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The textual representation of the linked page.
(Link Page Description, NCI Thesaurus)
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Native-Americans.
(Native American Health, NIH)
Yes, papa, it is written out in our second page.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The next ten or twelve pages were filled with a curious series of entries.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He had never indulged much hope, he had now none, of ever reading her name in any other page of his favourite work.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Asian-Americans.
(Asian American Health, NIH)
Dear me! said he, turning over the pages, what a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings!
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
