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page: translation

▪ I. page page ¹ [peɪdʒ] written abbreviation p. noun

1. [countable] one side of a piece of paper in a book, newspaper, document etc, or the sheet of paper itself:

• The sales figures are on page 15 of the report.

2. ad/advertising pages [plural] MARKETING the pages in magazines, newspapers etc that are used to advertise goods and services:

• Fortune magazine will show a 13% increase in ad pages for the first quarter.

3. business/sports etc pages [plural] the pages in magazines, newspapers etc that deal with business, sport etc:

• The format could make 'The Wall Street Journal''s financial-markets pages easier to read.

4. front page the first page at the front of a newspaper, where the most important news is:

• The newspaper carried the item on its front page.

• Mr.Guerin was profiled ina front-page story in the 'FT'.

5. [countable] COMPUTING a piece of writing or pictures on a computer screen that will fill one side of a piece of paper when printed:

• Print Preview displays the layout of the pages you are about to print.

6. [countable] COMPUTING part of a website which you can see on a computer screen at any one time:

• A hit counter measures and displays the number of times visitors have viewed a single page on a website.

7. [countable] a message that you receive on a pager — see also full-page, White Pages, Yellow Pages

[m0] ▪ II. page page ² verb [transitive]

1. _{\ \} _{\OBED has the phrasal verb: page through something, but this does not seem especially businessy so has not been added.} _\\ to contact someone, using a pager:

• The customer is paged automatically every time a new fax or email arrives.

2. to call someone's name out in a public place, especially using a Loudspeaker, in order to find them:

• You could try paging him over the public address system.

— paging noun [uncountable] :

• Mtel will introduce nationwide paging.

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page UK US /peɪdʒ/ noun [C]

► (ABBREVIATION p) a side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine, usually with a number printed on it: »Open your book and look at page nine.
»Even the major newspapers let important news slip off the front page.

► [often plural] one of the sheets of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine: »A page had been ripped out of the magazine.
in the pages of sth »There were several interesting articles to be found in the pages of the Wall Street Journal today.
»the financial/sports/news pages
»the business/culture/advertising pages

► (also web page) INTERNET one part of a website: »Your page on the social networking site enables you to share your business profile.
»We added a jobs page to the website.

→ Compare HOME PAGE(Cf. ↑home page)

► IT the text of an electronic document that you can see on a computer screen: »You have to scroll down the page to find the information you're looking for.

► COMMUNICATIONS a message received on a pager (= a small piece of electronic equipment that moves or makes a noise to tell you to phone someone): send a page to sb »I asked the nurse to send a page to the doctor.

● be on the same page — Cf. be on the same page

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page UK US /peɪdʒ/ verb [T] COMMUNICATIONS

► to call a person using a loudspeaker in a public place: »He was paged at the airport and told to return home immediately.

► to send a message to someone's pager : »As soon as you're finished with the download, page me.

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