{
    "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."
}