page

Less common meanings

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   verbtransitive

   To call for someone over a loudspeaker or with a small beeping device, so they come or reply.

   The staff will page you when your table is ready.

   They paged the lost child's mother over the store's loudspeaker.

   UsageSay page someone over the speakers.

   Similarcall, summon, beep

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   episodenounfigurativelycountable

   An important event remembered as part of a shared story or history.

   Like one chapter in the long story of a country's past.

   The moon landing was a proud page in human history.

   That war remains a dark page in the country's past.

   UsageSay a page in history for an important event.

   Similarchapter, episode

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   royal attendantnounhistoricalcountable

   In the past, a boy who served an important person or worked in a big house running errands.

   The young page carried the knight's helmet into the great hall.

   As a page, the boy learned good manners at the duke's court.

   Similarattendant, servant

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   flip throughverbintransitive

   To turn through several pages of a book or magazine, often while searching for something.

   Like flipping through a stack of cards to find the one you want.

   She paged through the magazine while waiting for her appointment.

   He likes to page slowly through old photo albums.

   UsageSay page through a book to look quickly.

   Similarleaf, flip, thumb, flick, browse

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   legislature helpernounCanadaUScountable

   A young person hired to run errands for members of a government law-making body.

   She worked as a Senate page during the summer.

   The page carried documents to each lawmaker's desk.

   UsageSay serve as a page or a Senate page.

   Similarmessenger, runner

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   an alertnouncountable

   A short message sent to a person's pager to get their attention.

   Like a quick note that beeps to tell someone to call back.

   She got a page from the hospital and rushed back to work.

   Woman, why don't you be answering any of my pages?

   1995, Amy Heckerling, CluelessHere, pages means messages sent to someone's pager.

   UsageSay answer a page like answering a call.

   Similaralert, beep

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    add numbersverbtransitive

    To put numbers on the pages of a book or document.

    Similarpaginate, number

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    library workernouncountable

    A worker who puts returned books and other items back on the shelves.

    The library hired a page to reshelve the returned books.

    As a page, he spent hours sorting books by their call numbers.

    Similarshelver

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    memory blocknouncountable

    A fixed-size block of computer memory that the system treats as a single unit.

    Like one shelf in a big bookcase, where things are stored in equal-sized spaces.

    The operating system loads each page into memory when a program needs it.

    When memory runs low, the computer moves a page to the hard drive.

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    printing typenouncountable

    Metal type set out and ready to print one page.

    Like a tray of stamps arranged so they print words when pressed onto paper.

    The printer lifted the heavy page and locked it into the press.

    A single page of type weighed several pounds in the old shop.

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    attend as servantverbtransitive

    To wait on someone in the role of a young attendant.

    Similarserve, attend

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    noun

    A clip, pin, or band used to hold a long dress skirt up off the ground.
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    noun

    A brightly colored moth found in South America.
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    noun

    A track that carries trays of fresh, wet bricks to the place where they dry.