paged; paging
: to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a steady or haphazard manner
—usually used with through
: to number or mark the pages of
paged; paging
1
: to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of
2
: to send a message to via a pager
3
: to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page
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Verb
When an enterprise robot fails, someone gets paged, a production line stops and a customer gets a credit memo.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The facility-wide paging systems can also be used for critical, time-sensitive alerts when acting fast could potentially save a life.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Liss said their company works with about 30 schools to run and manage first-year Instagram pages.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Related Stories The obviousness of the analogy — paging Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
—Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Page.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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page
1 of 4 noun
1
: a youth in the Middle Ages being trained for knighthood and in the service of a knight
2
: a youth serving a person of rank
3
: a person employed especially to deliver messages or perform personal services (as in a hotel)
page
2 of 4 verb
paged; paging
1
: to serve as a page
2
: to send for by calling out the name of
3
: to contact by means of a pager
page
3 of 4 noun1
a
: one side of a printed or written leaf
b
: the entire leaf
c
: the material printed or written on a page
2
a
: a written record
the pages of history
b
: an event worth recording
an exciting page in one's life
3
a
: a large section of computer memory
b
: the information found at a single World Wide Web address
page
4 of 4 verb
paged; paging
1
: to number or mark the pages of
2
: to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a quick steady manner
Etymology
Noun
Middle English page "a youth trained to serve a knight," from early French page (same meaning)
Noun
from early French page "a leaf in a book," from Latin pagina (same meaning)
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