page

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper.

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

2. 2
   noun

   A screen of text and other content shown on a computer or phone, especially on a website.

   Click the link to open the home page of our website.

3. 3
   verb

   To turn the pages of a book or magazine.

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

4. 4
   verb

   To contact someone using a pager or similar device.

   I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me.

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.

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