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{ "term": "page", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "one side or both sides of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, etc.", "sensetop": "on a pageover the page", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Turn to page 64." }, { "text": "Someone has torn a page out of this book." }, { "text": "She slowly **turned the pages** of the album." }, { "text": "a **blank page**" }, { "text": "the **title/index page**" }, { "text": "the **sports/news pages** of the newspaper" }, { "text": "the **letters/opinion page**" }, { "text": "Some newspapers **devoted** several **pages** to the scandal." }, { "text": "The photograph was on the **front page** of every newspaper.", "contextForm": "on a page" }, { "text": "on the opposite/facing/next page" }, { "text": "The address is over the page *(= on the next page)*.", "contextForm": "over the page" }, { "text": "I read almost 100 pages of my book on the plane." }, { "text": "He skipped a few pages and carried on reading." }, { "text": "He wrote fifty pages in five hours." }, { "text": "Her eyes skimmed over the page." }, { "text": "Start a new page for each new chapter." }, { "text": "They crammed three or four images onto each page." }, { "text": "She seems to put her thoughts directly down on the page." }, { "text": "I ran my finger down the page until I found the name I was looking for." }, { "text": "A correction appears further down the page, in very small print." }, { "text": "I turned the dog-eared pages of my old address book." }, { "text": "Open your books at page 14." }, { "text": "I tried to read it, but I couldn't get past page 1." }, { "text": "Which page are you on?" }, { "text": "Phyllis graced the pages of ‘Life’ magazine in 1953." }, { "text": "They fill their pages with celebrity gossip." }, { "text": "There was page after page about the royal wedding." }, { "text": "Photocopying is 20 pence per page." }, { "text": "Several pages had come loose." }, { "text": "She sat idly flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine." }, { "text": "The article continues over the page." }, { "text": "The crossword is on the back page." }, { "text": "The front page features a warning about the dangers of drugs." }, { "text": "The murder takes place in the opening pages of the novel." }, { "text": "The news dominated the pages of the local newspaper." }, { "text": "Write each answer on a new page." } ], "topics": ["Literature and writing"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["back", "front", "facing"], "verb + page": ["read", "scan", "skim"], "page + verb": [ "contain something", "describe something", "detail something" ], "page + noun": ["number", "design", "layout"], "preposition": ["at (a/the) page", "to (a/the) page", "in the pages"], "phrases": [ "at the bottom of the page", "at the foot of the page", "at the head of the page" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a section of data or information that can be shown on a computer screen at any one time", "sensetop": "on a page", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **visit/view a page**" }, { "text": "to **load/update a page**" }, { "text": "Press F5 to **refresh the page**." }, { "text": "The page was really slow to load." }, { "text": "an X/Instagram page" }, { "text": "The message was posted on the company's **official Facebook page**.", "contextForm": "on a page" }, { "text": "This photo will no longer appear on your **profile page**." }, { "text": "The page is automatically updated every five minutes." }, { "text": "He posted the video on his official page." }, { "text": "She began to scroll down the page looking for the address." }, { "text": "Click here to print this page." }, { "text": "She posted the image on her Instagram page." }, { "text": "People left nasty comments on his fan page." }, { "text": "According to his Wikipedia page he was born in 1968." }, { "text": "Click the ‘Back’ button to return to the search results page." }, { "text": "The answer was so far down the page I decided to start a new thread." }, { "text": "You'll find links on our page to the park's opening schedules and some special discounted admission deals." }, { "text": "The result page will display product images, prices and direct links." }, { "text": "Copy and paste the URL of the page you wish to translate." }, { "text": "I took a screenshot of the page." } ], "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["HTML", "Internet", "web"], "verb + page": ["read", "scan", "scroll down"], "page + verb": ["load"], "page + noun": ["link"], "preposition": ["on a/the page"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an important event or period of history", "labels": "(literary)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "a glorious page of Arab history" } ], "topics": ["History"] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a small boy who helps or follows a bride during a marriage ceremony", "labels": "(especially North American English)British and North American English", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed in a hotel to open doors, deliver messages for people, etc.", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a student who works as an assistant to a member of the US Congress", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a boy or young man who worked for a knight while training to be a knight himself", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if two or more people or groups are on the same page, they agree about what they are trying to achieve", "examples": [ { "text": "Are employers and employees on the same page when it comes to retirement benefits?" }, { "text": "It was an effort to get us all on the same page." } ], "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "what is published in books, newspapers, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "the power of the printed word" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to begin doing things in a different way and thinking in a more positive way after a period of difficulties", "examples": [ { "text": "It’s time to turn the page and make a fresh start." }, { "text": "He turned the page on that chapter in his life a long time ago." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/peɪdʒ/", "audio": "pa/page/page__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/peɪdʒ/", "audio": "pa/page/page__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin pagina, from pangere ‘fasten’. noun senses 4 to 6 Middle English (in the sense ‘youth, uncouth male’): from Old French, perhaps from Italian paggio, from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid- ‘boy’. Early use of the verb (mid 16th cent.) was in the sense ‘follow as or like a page’; its current sense dates from the early 20th cent." }