PAGE


Meaning of PAGE in English

noun

1 in a book, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ back , front

▪ facing , opposite

There's a photo of him on the opposite ~.

▪ inside

▪ left-hand , right-hand

▪ following , next , preceding , previous

▪ first , opening

▪ final , last

▪ new

Write each answer on a new ~.

▪ blank , empty

▪ full

▪ loose

▪ dog-eared

▪ torn

▪ yellowed

▪ glossy

the glossy ~s of magazines

▪ printed , typed , typewritten

The speech did not transfer well to the printed ~.

▪ handwritten , written

▪ single-spaced

▪ contents , title

▪ introductory

▪ advertising , business , editorial , financial , gossip , obituary , op-ed ( AmE ), opinion , problem ( BrE ), sports (all in a newspaper, etc.)

the problem ~s of magazines

▪ calendar , scrapbook

VERB + PAGE

▪ read

▪ scan , skim

She began to skim the ~s for something of interest.

▪ peruse ( formal or humorous )

▪ write

He wrote fifty ~s in five hours.

▪ edit

▪ turn , turn over , turn to

I turned the dog-eared ~s of my old address book.

Turn to ~ 30 in the coursebook.

▪ flick through ( esp. BrE ), flip through ( esp. AmE ), leaf through

She sat idly flipping through the ~s of a fashion magazine.

▪ skip

He skipped a few ~s and carried on reading.

▪ rip , rip out , tear , tear out

▪ splash sth across

The headlines were splashed across the front ~ of every newspaper.

▪ dedicate , devote

Particularly sad are the ~s devoted to the death of his mother.

▪ fill

Beautiful pictures fill the ~s.

▪ dominate

The news dominated the ~s of the local newspaper.

▪ grace

Phyllis graced the ~s of ‘Life’ magazine in 1953.

PAGE + VERB

▪ contain sth , describe sth , detail sth , explain sth , feature sth , include sth , list sth , provide sth

The front ~ features a warning about the dangers of drugs.

The ~ provides information about the company.

PAGE + NOUN

▪ number

▪ design , layout

▪ size

▪ count

PREPOSITION

▪ at (a/the) ~ , to (a/the) ~

Open your books at ~ 14. ( esp. BrE )

Open your books to ~ 14. ( AmE )

▪ in the ~s

The murder takes place in the opening ~s of the novel.

▪ on a/the ~

The crossword is on the back ~.

▪ over the ~

Her eyes skimmed over the ~.

The article continues over the ~ ( = on the other side of the page ). ( BrE )

PHRASES

▪ at the bottom of the ~ , at the foot of the ~

▪ at the head of the ~ , at the top of the ~

Write your name at the top of each ~.

▪  … pages long

The story is thirty ~s long.

▪ run your eye down a ~ , run your finger down a ~

I ran my finger down the ~ until I found the name I was looking for.

2 on the Internet

ADJECTIVE

▪ HTML , Internet , web

▪ home , main

▪ landing , splash

▪ linked

▪ FAQ , index , login , search

VERB + PAGE

▪ read

▪ scan , scroll down , skim

She began to scroll down the ~ looking for the address.

▪ dedicate , devote

web ~s devoted to people's cats

▪ create , design

▪ customize

▪ access , view , visit

▪ display , download , load

▪ refresh , update

The ~ is automatically updated every five minutes.

▪ bookmark , post

▪ upload

PAGE + VERB

▪ load

It takes a few seconds for the web ~ to load.

PAGE + NOUN

▪ link

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

The information you need is on the same ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .