page
noun · verb
Simple meaning
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
Pronunciation
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payjIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpeɪdʒ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
figurative
A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
uscanada
A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
british
A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
verb
transitive
To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
transitive
To furnish with folios.
transitive
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
intransitiveoften with "through"
To turn several pages of a publication.
Work as a page
transitive
To attend (someone) as a page.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
Used this way, page is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- pageboy , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use page
- “Please turn to the next page in your book.”noun
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Synonyms
Sense: one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book
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