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PAGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of numbering pages
Synonyms:
folio; page number; pagination; paging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paging" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
Holonyms ("paging" is a part of...):
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
Derivation:
page (number the pages of a book or manuscript)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)
Example:
the public address system in the hospital was used for paging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paging" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Derivation:
page (contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb page
