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Noun page has 6 senses

page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
--₁ is a kind of leaf, folio
--₁ has parts:
pagination, folio, page number, paging; margin; dog-ear
--₁ has substance: paper
--₁ has particulars:
full page; half page; recto; verso; title page; half title, bastard title; sports page; spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages; foldout, gatefold

Derived forms: verb page₃, verb paginate₁
Page, Sri Frederick Handley Page - English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
--₂ is a kind of industrialist
Page, Thomas Nelson Page - United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
--₃ is a kind of writer, author; diplomat, diplomatist
page, pageboy - a boy who is employed to run errands
--₄ is a kind of messenger boy, errand boy
page - a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
--₅ is a kind of attendant, attender, tender

Derived form: verb page₂
page, varlet - in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
--₆ is a kind of attendant, attender, tender

Verb page has 3 senses

page - call out somebody's name over a P.A. system
--₁ is one way to summon

Derived forms: noun pager₁, noun paging₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
page - work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"
--₂ is one way to work

Derived form: noun page₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
foliate, paginate, page - number the pages of a book or manuscript
--₃ is one way to number

Derived forms: noun page₁, noun paging₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something