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noun [countable] American English pronunciation: page /peɪdʒ/ 
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pluralpages
  1. 1
    a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine

    I tore a page out of my diary and wrote my phone number on it.

    turn a page:

    Turning the pages of the telephone book, she soon found what she wanted.

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

      the poem on page 125

      front/back page:

      The comics are on the back page.

      opposite/facing page:

      Can you identify the four pictures on the facing page?

      turn to/see page:

      For information on hotels in Amsterdam, see page 20.

      sports/gardening/letters page:

      Lawrence was eating breakfast while glancing at the sports page.

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    2. b.
      a piece of paper

      He was staring miserably at the blank page in his typewriter.

      the top/bottom of the page:

      Chris wrote her name at the top of the page.

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  2. 2
    a boy or young man, usually in a uniform, whose job is to help guests in a hotel or members of a club
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    1. a.
      British a small boy who walks with a bride and helps her at her wedding ceremony
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    2. b.
      a student whose job is to help a member of the Congress in the U.S.
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    3. c.
      a boy whose job was to be the servant of a knight in the Middle Ages so that he could learn how to become a knight too
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    4. d.
      a boy whose job was to be the servant of someone of a high social class in the past
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  3. 3
    computing the writing or pictures on a computer screen that you can print on one side of a piece of paper
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    1. a.
      computing the writing or pictures on a computer screen that you can see at one time, for example as part of a website

      Click “Back” to return to the previous page.

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