page
noun /peɪdʒ/
/peɪdʒ/
Idioms - (abbreviation p)one side or both sides of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, etc.
- Turn to page 64.
- Someone has torn a page out of this book.
- She slowly turned the pages of the album.
- a blank page
- the title/index page
- the sports/news pages of the newspaper
- the letters/opinion page
- Some newspapers devoted several pages to the scandal.
- on a page The photograph was on the front page of every newspaper.
- on the opposite/facing/next page
- over the page The address is over the page (= on the next page).
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga1- I read almost 100 pages of my book on the plane.
- He skipped a few pages and carried on reading.
- He wrote fifty pages in five hours.
- Her eyes skimmed over the page.
- Start a new page for each new chapter.
- They crammed three or four images onto each page.
- She seems to put her thoughts directly down on the page.
- I ran my finger down the page until I found the name I was looking for.
- A correction appears further down the page, in very small print.
- I turned the dog-eared pages of my old address book.
- Open your books at page 14.
- I tried to read it, but I couldn't get past page 1.
- Which page are you on?
- Phyllis graced the pages of ‘Life’ magazine in 1953.
- They fill their pages with celebrity gossip.
- There was page after page about the royal wedding.
- Photocopying is 20 pence per page.
- Several pages had come loose.
- She sat idly flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine.
- The article continues over the page.
- The crossword is on the back page.
- The front page features a warning about the dangers of drugs.
- The murder takes place in the opening pages of the novel.
- The news dominated the pages of the local newspaper.
- Write each answer on a new page.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- back
- front
- facing
- …
- read
- scan
- skim
- …
- contain something
- describe something
- detail something
- …
- number
- design
- layout
- …
- at (a/the) page
- to (a/the) page
- in the pages
- …
- at the bottom of the page
- at the foot of the page
- at the head of the page
- …
- a section of data or information that can be shown on a computer screen at any one time
- to visit/view a page
- to load/update a page
- Press F5 to refresh the page.
- The page was really slow to load.
- a Twitter/an Instagram page
- on a page The message was posted on the company's official Facebook page.
- This photo will no longer appear on your profile page.
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta1- The page is automatically updated every five minutes.
- He posted the video on his official page.
- She began to scroll down the page looking for the address.
- Click here to print this page.
- She posted the image on her Instagram page.
- People left nasty comments on his fan page.
- According to his Wikipedia page he was born in 1968.
- Click the ‘Back’ button to return to the search results page.
- My parents' internet connection takes forever to load simple pages.
- The answer was so far down the page I decided to start a new thread.
- You'll find links on our page to the park's opening schedules and some special discounted admission deals.
- The result page will display product images, prices and direct links.
- Copy and paste the URL of the page you wish to translate.
- I took a screenshot of the page.
- The file-sharing news site offers a slick interface and fast page load times.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- HTML
- Internet
- web
- …
- read
- scan
- scroll down
- …
- load
- link
- on a/the page
- (literary) an important event or period of history
- a glorious page of Arab history
- (especially North American English) (also pageboy British and North American English)a small boy who helps or follows a bride during a marriage ceremony
- (also pageboy)(old-fashioned) a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed in a hotel to open doors, deliver messages for people, etc.
- (North American English) a student who works as an assistant to a member of the US Congress
- (in the Middle Ages) a boy or young man who worked for a knight while training to be a knight himself
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin pagina, from pangere ‘fasten’. noun senses 4 to 6 Middle English (in the sense ‘youth, uncouth male’): from Old French, perhaps from Italian paggio, from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid- ‘boy’. Early use of the verb (mid 16th cent.) was in the sense ‘follow as or like a page’; its current sense dates from the early 20th cent.
Idioms
on the same page
- if two or more people or groups are on the same page, they agree about what they are trying to achieve
- Are employers and employees on the same page when it comes to retirement benefits?
- It was an effort to get us all on the same page.
the printed word/page
- what is published in books, newspapers, etc.
- the power of the printed word
turn the page
- to begin doing things in a different way and thinking in a more positive way after a period of difficulties
- It’s time to turn the page and make a fresh start.
- He turned the page on that chapter in his life a long time ago.