Collins English-English Dictionary

page [peɪʤ]

1. 1. n one side of one of the leaves of a book, newspaper, letter, etc or the written or printed matter it bears p

2. 2. n such a leaf considered as a unit

   insert a new page

3. 3. n a screenful of information from a website, teletext service, etc, displayed on a television monitor or visual display unit

4. 4. n an episode, phase, or period

   a glorious page in the revolution

5. 5. n [printing] the type as set up for printing a page

6. 6. vb another word for paginate

7. 7. vi. [intr; foll by through] to look through (a book, report, etc); leaf through

8. 8. vi. [Etymology] C15: via Old French from Latin pagina

page [peɪʤ]

1. 1. n a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc

2. 2. n a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings

3. 3. n

4. 4. n [medieval history] a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight

5. 5. n a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal household

   page of the chamber

6. 6. n (in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body

7. 7. n [Canadian] a person employed in the debating chamber of the House of Commons, the Senate, or a legislative assembly to carry messages for members

8. 8. vt. [tr] to call out the name of (a person), esp by a loudspeaker system, so as to give him a message

9. 9. vt. to call (a person) by an electronic device, such as a pager

10. 10. vt. to act as a page to or attend as a page

11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C13: via Old French from Italian paggio, probably from Greek paidion boy, from pais child