n.
- A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.
- The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.
- The type set for printing one side of a leaf.
- A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
- Computer Science. A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
- Computer Science. A webpage.
- pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.
v., paged, pag·ing, pag·es. v.tr.
To number the pages of; paginate.
v.intr.
To turn pages: page through a magazine.
[French, alteration of Old French pagine, from Latin pāgina.]
pageful page'ful' n.page2 (pāj)
n.
- A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
- A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
- One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, club, or the U.S. Congress or another legislature.
- A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
- To summon or call (a person) by name.
- To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
- To attend as a page.
[Middle English, from Old French, possibly from Italian paggio, perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid-, child.]
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