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(pāj) pronunciation
n.
    1. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.
    2. The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.
    3. The type set for printing one side of a leaf.
  1. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
  2. Computer Science. A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
  3. Computer Science. A webpage.
  4. 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) pronunciation
n.
  1. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
  2. A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
  3. 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.
  4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
tr.v., paged, pag·ing, pag·es.
  1. To summon or call (a person) by name.
  2. To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
  3. To attend as a page.

[Middle English, from Old French, possibly from Italian paggio, perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid-, child.]


(1) A segment of a running program that is transferred back and forth between memory and disk. See virtual memory.

(2) A Web page, which is a single HTML file and related multimedia files. See World Wide Web.

(3) In word processing, the data that are printed on a single sheet of paper.

(4) In videotex systems, a transmitted frame.

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Definition: call for over communications system
Antonyms: answer

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IN BRIEF: A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript.

pronunciation I'm writing a book. I have the page numbers down. . . . I just have to fill in the rest. — Steven Wright, Canadian comedian.

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sign description: The thumb of the A-hand runs along the palm of the opposite hand.





abbr. for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - side, klumme
v. tr. - paginere
v. intr. - blade

idioms:

  • page break    sideskift
  • page down    side ned
  • page up    side op

2.
n. - piccolo
v. tr. - gøre tjeneste som piccolo, tilkalde over personsøger eller højttaleranlæg

idioms:

  • page boy    piccolo

Nederlands (Dutch)
pagina, page, schildknaap, pagineren, (door)bladeren, omroepen

Français (French)
1.
n. - page, (Hist) page, (fig) page, épisode, (Comput) page-écran
v. tr. - paginer, folioter, appeler, tourner les pages
v. intr. - feuilleter

idioms:

  • page break    (Comput) saut de page
  • page down    paginer en bas
  • page up    paginer en haut

2.
n. - groom, chasseur, (US) coursier (au Congrès)
v. tr. - appeler (qn) par haut-parleur, envoyer chercher qn par un chasseur, appeler qn par radio portative, assister en tant que garçon d'honneur

idioms:

  • page boy    garçon d'honneur, coupe à la Jeanne d'Arc

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Seite
v. - paginieren, ausrufen

idioms:

  • page break    Seitenabsatz
  • page down    Seite nach unten rollen
  • page up    Seite nach oben rollen

2.
n. - Page
v. - Page sein von

idioms:

  • page boy    Page

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σελίδα, γκρουμ, νεαρός υπηρέτης, παράνυμφος, (ιστ.) νεαρός ακόλουθος
v. - στέλνω μικρό να φωνάξει (κάποιον σε ξενοδοχείο), καλώ με αναγγελία, αριθμώ σελίδες

idioms:

  • page boy    νεαρός παράνυμφος ή ακόλουθος
  • page break    (Η/Υ) αλλαγή σελίδας
  • page down    (Η/Υ) μετάβαση στην επόμενη σελίδα οθόνης
  • page up    (Η/Υ) μετάβαση στην προηγούμενη σελίδα οθόνης

Italiano (Italian)
impaginare, far chiamare, pagina, paggio, fattorino

idioms:

  • page boy    fattorino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - página (f), pajem
v. - pajear, paginar, chamar pelo bip

idioms:

  • page boy    pajem

Русский (Russian)
нумеровать, вызывать по громкой связи, страница, паж

idioms:

  • page boy    паж, мелкий служащий на побегушках

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - página, carilla, folio, plana
v. tr. - paginar, foliar, dar vuelta las páginas
v. intr. - hojear

idioms:

  • page break    (informática) salto de página
  • page down    (informática) página abajo
  • page up    (informática) página arriba

2.
n. - escudero, botones
v. tr. - llamar, llamar por altavoz

idioms:

  • page boy    paje, botones, mensajero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sida, blad, page, hovsven, frisyr
v. - kalla på, söka, arbeta som springpojke

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 页, 记载, 记录, 大事件, 时期, 给...标页码

idioms:

  • page boy    小听差
  • page break    分页符
  • page down    向下翻页
  • page up    向上翻页

2. 男侍者, 听差, 青年侍从, 喊叫寻找, 给...当侍从, 广播叫

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 男侍者, 聽差, 青年侍從
v. tr. - 喊叫尋找, 給...當侍從, 廣播叫

2.
n. - 頁, 記載, 記錄, 大事件, 時期
v. tr. - 給...標頁碼, 呼叫, 傳呼

idioms:

  • page boy    小聽差
  • page break    分頁符
  • page down    向下翻頁
  • page up    向上翻頁

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 쪽, 사건
v. tr. - 페이지를 매기다
v. intr. - 책을 대충 훑어 보다

idioms:

  • page down    뒷면
  • page up    앞면

2.
n. - 사환, 수습기사
v. tr. - 이름을 불러 찾다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ページ, 欄, 書物, 記録, 大事件, 給仕
v. - ページを付ける, 呼び出す

idioms:

  • page boy    給仕

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الوصيف, غلام الفارس, , خادم, حواج, صفحه (فعل) يرقم الصفحات, يحوج, يخدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עמוד, דף‬
v. tr. - ‮מיספר עמודים, הציג דף-דף (מחשב)‬
v. intr. - ‮דיפדף, עימד‬
n. - ‮משרת, נער, שוליית האביר, אירוע שיש לזכרו‬
v. tr. - ‮קרא בשם, הכריז, הזמין באמצעות שליח‬


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