page

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one side of one leaf of a book, magazine, etc., or the written or pictorial matter it contains

   I couldn't wait to see what would happen on the next page of the story.

2. 2
   noun

   One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

   The book which he was reading had 213 pages.

3. 3
   noun

   A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.

   a page from history

4. 4
   noun

   A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.

   To view man pages for a command: Type man followed by the name of the command (for example, man ls), and press Return. […] To view the next page: Press Spacebar. The manual advances one page […].

5. 5
   verb

   To turn several pages of a publication.

   The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.

6. 6
   noun

   A message sent to someone's pager.

   Before he could bring it down, the pager clipped to his belt went off. […] If you were a lawyer or a business executive, maybe you could afford to ignore your pages for a while, but when you were a County Sheriff—and one who was elected rather than appointed—there wasn't much question about priorities.

7. 7
   verb

   To attend (someone) as a page.

   Will these moist trees […]page thy heels

8. 8
   verb

   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.

Etymology

From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Medieval Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Used in English from the 13th century onwards.