I. page 1 S1 W1 /peɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Sense 1-2,4,7: Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin pagina ]
[ Sense 3,5-6: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Old Italian paggio ]
1 . PAPER one side of a piece of paper in a book, newspaper, document etc, or the sheet of paper itself:
The full address is given on page 15.
You will find the answers over the page.
a 400-page novel
We took out a full page advertisement in the ‘Village Voice’.
2 . COMPUTER all the writing etc that you can see at one time on a computer screen:
a web page (=a single screen of writing, pictures etc on a website)
3 . YOUNG PERSON American English a student or young person who works as a helper to a member of the US Congress
4 . on the same page if a group of people are on the same page, they are working well together and have the same aims:
We need to get environmentalists and businesses on the same page to improve things.
5 . BOY
a) a boy who served a ↑ knight during the Middle Ages as part of his training
b) a ↑ pageboy (2)
6 . SERVANT a boy who in the past served a person of high rank
7 . a page in history an important event or period of time
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
▪ the next/previous page
I glanced back to the previous page.
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What’s on the next page?
▪ the opposite/facing page
See the diagram on the opposite page.
▪ the left-hand/right-hand page
The answers are on the right-hand page.
▪ the front/back page (=of a newspaper)
Her picture was on the front page of every newspaper.
▪ the sports/arts/financial etc pages (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)
He only ever reads the sports pages.
▪ a blank page (=with nothing on it)
There were a couple of blank pages at the back of the book.
▪ a new/fresh page (=which has not yet been written on)
Start each section of your essay on a new page.
▪ a full page
The article went on for a full page.
■ verbs
▪ turn a page
I turned the page in order to find out what happened next.
▪ turn to/see page 22/45 etc
Turn to page 8 for more details.
▪ flick/flip/leaf through the pages of something (=turn them quickly)
She was flicking through the pages of a magazine.
▪ jump/leap off the page (=be very noticeable)
One mistake jumped off the page.
■ phrases
▪ the top of the page
Write your name at the top of the page.
▪ the bottom/foot of the page
See the note at the bottom of page 38.
II. page 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . to call someone’s name out in a public place, especially using a ↑ loudspeaker , in order to find them:
She hurried to the reception desk and asked the girl to page her husband.
2 . to send a message to someone’s ↑ pager asking them to go somewhere or telephone someone:
He was constantly being paged during meetings.
the paging network
page down phrasal verb
to press a special key on a computer that makes the screen show the page after the one you are reading OPP page up :
It’s not there, so page down and see if you can find it.
page through something phrasal verb American English
to look at a book, magazine etc by turning the pages quickly
page up phrasal verb
to press a special key on a computer that makes the screen show the page before the one you are reading OPP page down