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noun [countable] British English pronunciation: page

/peɪdʒ/

singular	page
plural	pages

1
one side of a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine
the poem on page 125
front/back page:
The football scores 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.
over the page (=on the other side):
Fill in the form over the page.
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1. a.
  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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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
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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1. a.
  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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3
British a small boy who walks with a bride and helps her at her wedding ceremony
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1. a.
  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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2. b.
  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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3. c.
  a boy whose job was to be the servant of someone of a high social class in the past
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4. d.
  a student whose job is to help a member of the Congress in the US
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phrases

be on the same page
to understand and agree with what is being done or suggested
I think we’re all on the same page.
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a page in something’s history
an important period or occasion in the history of something such as a country
a new page in world history
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