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Meaning of PAGE

Pronunciation:  peyj, peyj

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
  2. [n]  in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
  3. [n]  a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
  4. [n]  a boy who is employed to run errands
  5. [n]  United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
  6. [n]  English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
  7. [v]  call out somebody's name over a P.A. system
  8. [v]  number the pages of a book or manuscript
  9. [v]  work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"
 
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 Synonyms: foliate, pageboy, paginate, Sri Frederick Handley Page, Thomas Nelson Page, varlet
 
 See Also: attendant, attender, author, bastard title, diplomat, diplomatist, dog-ear, errand boy, facing pages, foldout, folio, full page, gatefold, half page, half title, industrialist, leaf, margin, messenger boy, number, page number, pagination, paging, paper, recto, sports page, spread, spreadhead, summon, tender, title page, verso, work, writer

 

 

Products Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

Page
Keladry of Mindelan continues her training to become a squire with the aid of a new maid, the support of her friends, interference from some other pages, and some serious, even dangerous opposition

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Page\ (p[=a]j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr.
    Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh.
    akin to L. puer. Cf. {Pedagogue}, {Puerile}.]
    1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of
       high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor
       and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed
       for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar
       service in households; in the United States, a boy
       employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
    
  2. \Page\, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere,
    pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being
    fastened together. Cf. {Pact}, {Pageant}, {Pagination}.]
    1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
             Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
                                                   --Longfellow.
    2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
    3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
    
  3. \Page\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Paging}.]
    To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to
    furnish with folios.
    
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. A typesetting language.

    ["Computer Composition Using PAGE-1", J.L. Pierson, Wiley 1972].

  2. 1. paging.

    2. web page.

 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a page in your dream means that you are on the rebound from a broken relationship. As a result, you will enter into a hasty relationship will someone ill-suited for you. Seeing a blank page in your dream, suggests that you are not doing anything with your life. You are stagnant and feel that you are going nowhere. Dreaming that you are a page indicates that you will find yourself in foolish amusements and fruitless pleasure.
 
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