page

page¹

noun

1》 one side of a leaf of a book, magazine, or newspaper, or the material written or printed on it.

    ↘both sides of such a leaf considered as a single unit.

    ↘Computing a section of stored data, especially that which can be displayed on a screen at one time.

2》 a particular episode considered as part of a longer history: a shameful page in British imperial history.

verb

1》 (page through) leaf through.

    ↘Computing move through and display (text) one page at a time.

2》 paginate (a book).

    ↘Computing divide (a piece of software or data) into sections, keeping the most frequently accessed in main memory and storing the rest in virtual memory.

Phrases

on the same page US informal in agreement.

Derivatives

-paged adjective

Origin

C16: from Fr., from L. pagina, from pangere 'fasten'.

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page²

noun

1》 a boy or young man employed in a hotel or club to run errands, open doors, etc.

2》 a young boy attending a bride at a wedding.

3》 historical a boy in training for knighthood, ranking next below a squire in the personal service of a knight.

    ↘a man or boy employed as the personal attendant of a person of rank.

verb

1》 summon over a public address system.

2》 contact by means of a pager.

Origin

ME: from OFr., perh. from Ital. paggio, from Gk paidion, dimin. of pais, paid- 'boy'.