page

page¹ W1S1 [peıdʒ] n

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1¦(paper)¦

2¦(computer)¦

3¦(young person)¦

4 on the same page

5¦(boy)¦

6¦(servant)¦

7 a page in history

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[Sense: 1-2,4,7; Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: Latin pagina]

[Sense: 3,5-6; Date: 1200-1300; : 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 address is given on page 15 .

▪ You'll find the answers at the bottom of the page.

▪ Her picture appeared on the front page of a local newspaper.

▪ Complete the booking form on the opposite page .

▪ The answers are over the page .

▪ I never read the business pages .

▪ a full page article

▪ a half-page ad

▪ a 400 page novel

▪ She waited, idly turning the pages of a magazine.

▪ He took out a notebook, and flicked through the pages .

▪ For full details see page 99.

▪ One name seemed to leap off the page from the list of candidates.

▪ Start each section of your essay on a new page.

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)¦

AmE a student, usually a student, 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

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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COLLOCATES for sense 1

(on) page 5/20/360 etc

the top/bottom of the page

the front/back page (=of a newspaper)

the opposite/facing page

over the page British English (=on the next left-hand page)

the sports/fashion/financial etc pages (=pages about sports, fashion, money etc in a newspaper)

full/half page

turn a page

flick through the pages (of something) (=turn the pages without reading carefully)

see/turn to/go to page 22, 49 etc

jump/leap off the page (=be very easy to notice)

a blank/new/clean/fresh page (=a page that you have not written on yet)

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page ²

page² v [T]

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 phr v

to press a special key on a computer that makes the screen show the page after the one you are reading

▪ It's not there, so page down and see if you can find it.

page through [page through sth] phr v

to look at a book, magazine etc by turning the pages quickly

page up phr v

to press a special key on a computer that makes the screen show the page before the one you are reading