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Added 8 October 2026

page

/peɪd͡ʒ/ noun

In Latin: pāgina Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about page at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
The book which he was reading had 213 pages.
One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
a page from history

verb

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
To turn several pages of a publication.
The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.
To furnish with folios.

noun

A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

verb

To attend (someone) as a page.
To call or summon (someone).
To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French page, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.

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