Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French
Pronunciation : pAj
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. one of many leaves in collection of papers (e.g. page of a book); piece of paper; attendant, servant; large portion of memory permanently set aside for random access (Computers). call, summon (e.g. to the telephone); number pages, number sheets of paper in a collection; look through the pages of something. see:
on da same page. page\page\ (pāj), n. [f., fr. it. paggio, ll. pagius, fr. gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to l. puer. cf. pedagogue, puerile.].
2. a serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in england, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the united states, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.page \page\, n. [f., fr. l. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. cf. pact, pageant, pagination.].
3. one side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. such was the book from whose pages she sang.
4. fig.: a record; a writing; as, the page of history.
5. (print.) the type set up for printing a page.page \page\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. paged ; p. pr. & vb. n. paging .] to mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.page n.
6. especially one side of a leaf.
7. english industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962) [syn: page, sri frederick handley page ].
8. united states diplomat and writer about the old south (1853-1922) [syn: page, thomas nelson page].
9. a boy who is employed to run errands [syn: pageboy].
10. a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings.
11. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: varlet] v 1: call out somebody's name over a p.a. system 2: work as a page; "he is paging in congress this summer" 3: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: foliate, paginate].
12. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
13. A boy child.
14. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
15. A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
16. Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
17. To attend as a page.
18. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
19. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
20. The type set up for printing a page.
21. To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios. one side of one leaf or the written or pictorial matter it contains in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings a boy who is employed to run errands United States diplomat and writer about the Old South English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft call out somebody's name over a P.A. system work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer".
22. 1. A page is one side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper. Each page usually has a number printed at the top or bottom. Where's your book? Take it out and turn to page.
23. the front page of the Guardian. 1,400 pages of top-secret information.
24. The pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper are the pieces of paper it consists of. He turned the pages of his notebook Over the page you can read all about the six great books on offer.
25. You can refer to an important event or period of time as a page of history. a new page in the country's political history.
26. If someone who is in a public place is paged, they receive a message, often over a speaker, telling them that someone is trying to contact them. He was paged repeatedly as the flight was boarding I'll have them paged and tell them you're here.
27. A page is a young person who takes messages or does small jobs for members of the United States Congress or state legislatures.
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