page1
n.
- one side of a leaf of a book, magazine, or newspaper, or the material written or printed on it.
▸both sides of such a leaf considered as a single unit.
▸Computing a section of stored data, especially that which can be displayed on a screen at one time.
- a particular episode considered as part of a longer history:
a shameful page in British imperial history.
v.
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(page through)
leaf through.
▸Computing move through and display (text) one page at a time.
- paginate (a book).
▸Computing divide (a piece of software or data) into sections, keeping the most frequently accessed in main memory and storing the rest in virtual memory.
Phrase
- on the same page
US informal in agreement.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from Fr., from L. pagina, from pangere ‘fasten’.
page2
n.
- a boy or young man employed in a hotel or club to run errands, open doors, etc.
- a young boy attending a bride at a wedding.
- historical a boy in training for knighthood, ranking next below a squire in the personal service of a knight.
▸a man or boy employed as the personal attendant of a person of rank.
v.
- summon over a public address system.
- contact by means of a pager.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., perh. from Ital. paggio, from Gk paidion, dimin. of pais, paid- ‘boy’.