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1[peyj] noun, verb, paged, pag⋅ing.
–noun
1. one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
2. the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing: He tore out one of the pages.
3. a single sheet of paper for writing.
4. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period: a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
5. Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.
6. Computers.
a. a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.
b. a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.
c. (in word processing) a portion of a document.
d. Web page.
–verb (used with object)
7. to paginate.
8. to turn pages (usu. fol. by through): to page through a book looking for a specific passage.

Origin:
1580–90; < MF < L pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast
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