Definition

1. Noun:

   • A side of a leaf in a book, magazine, etc.: One of the sheets of paper in a book, magazine, or similar publication, typically with text or pictures on it.
   • A youth attendant or errand boy: Historically, a boy serving as an attendant to a person of rank, especially a knight, or employed to run errands.
   • A person employed to assist or guide, especially in a legislative body: An attendant, often a young person, employed to carry messages or assist in official settings like a legislature or hotel.

2. Verb:

   • To number the pages of a document: To assign sequential numbers to the pages of a book, manuscript, or report.
   • To summon or contact someone, typically via a public announcement or pager: To call for someone by name over a loudspeaker system or by using a pager.
   • To work as a page: To serve in the role of an attendant or messenger, especially in a formal setting.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • Please turn to page 45 of your textbook. (Refers to a leaf in a book.)
  • In the castle, the young page carried the knight's shield. (Refers to a youth attendant.)
  • The senator's page delivered the urgent message. (Refers to a legislative attendant.)

• Verb:

  • Could you page these documents for me before the meeting? (Refers to numbering pages.)
  • The doctor was paged to the emergency room. (Refers to summoning via announcement.)
  • She is paging for the Supreme Court this semester. (Refers to working as an attendant.)

Advanced Usage

• "To page through": To look through a book, magazine, etc., by turning its pages quickly or casually.
  • He paged through the magazine while waiting.
• "Front page": The first page of a newspaper, typically featuring the most important news.
  • The scandal made the front page of every major paper.

Variants and Related Words

• Pager (noun): A small electronic device that receives and displays short messages or alerts, used to contact someone.
  • Before cell phones, doctors often carried pagers.
• Pageboy (noun): A young male attendant; also a type of hairstyle.
  • The pageboy carried the bride's train.
• Webpage (noun): A single document on the World Wide Web, accessible via a browser.
  • I bookmarked the webpage for later reference.

Synonyms

• Noun (leaf): Sheet, folio.
• Noun (attendant): Attendant, errand boy, messenger, squire (in historical context).
• Verb (number): Paginate, folio.
• Verb (summon): Call, summon, beep.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Page down: To move down a screen, especially on a computer, typically one full screen at a time.
  • Page down to see the rest of the document.
• Page up: To move up a screen, especially on a computer, typically one full screen at a time.
  • Page up to review the previous section.

Related Idioms

• On the same page: In agreement or having the same understanding about something.
  • Before we proceed, we need to make sure everyone is on the same page.
• Turn the page: To move on from a past event or period; to start a new chapter.
  • After the divorce, she decided it was time to turn the page.

Noun

1. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
2. a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
3. a boy who is employed to run errands
4. United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
5. English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
6. one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

Verb

1. number the pages of a book or manuscript
2. work as a page
   • He is paging in Congress this summer
3. contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system