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page1 /pāj/ noun- One side of a leaf of a book, etc (4 pages in a folio sheet, 8 in a quarto, 16 in an octavo, 24 in a duodecimo, 36 in an octodecimo)
- The type, illustrations, etc, arranged for printing one side of a leaf
- A leaf of a book thought of as a single item
- (in pl) writings, literature (rhetoric)
- An incident, episode, or whatever may be imagined as matter to fill a page
- One of the blocks into which a computer memory can be divided for ease of reference
transitive verb- To number the pages of
- To make up into pages (printing)
ORIGIN: Fr, from L pāgina a page paginal /pajˈ/ adjective pagināte /pajˈ/ transitive verb To mark with consecutive numbers, to page pagināˈtion noun - The act of paging a book
- The figures and marks that indicate the numbers of pages
pāˈging noun The marking or numbering of the pages of a book page description language noun (computing) A language which interprets a stream of instructions, usually in plain ASCII, into a description of where each letter, drawing and half-tone is to be placed on the printed page pageˈ-proof noun A proof of a book, etc made up into pages page-threeˈ adjective Shown on or appropriate for page three, the page on which, traditionally, certain popular newspapers print nude or semi-nude photographs of female models with well-developed figures pageˈ-turner noun An exciting book, a thriller page2 /pāj/ noun- A boy attendant
- A boy employed as a messenger in hotels, clubs, etc
- A messenger (boy or girl) in the US Congress, etc
- A youth training for knighthood, receiving education and performing services at court or in a nobleman's household (historical)
- A contrivance for holding up a long skirt in walking (historical)
transitive verb- To attend as a page
- To seek or summon by sending a page around, by repeatedly calling aloud for esp using a public address system, or by means of a pager
ORIGIN: Fr page; of obscure origin pageˈhood noun The condition of a page pāˈger noun An electronic device, esp portable, which pages a person, eg by means of a bleep, visual display, etc (cf bleeper) pageˈboy noun - A page
- (also pageboy hairstyle, haircut) a hairstyle in which the hair hangs smoothly to about jaw level and is curled under at the ends
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