page
noun (page, pages); verb (page, pages, paged, paging — to call someone by speaker or pager)
Everyday
- A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book, a magazine or a notebook. tree →
- A web page is one screen of a website. tree →
- Long ago, a page was a boy who served a knight or a king. tree →
- To page someone is to call them, for example over a speaker. tree →
In the lessons
a thing counted in books and homework; pages read each day, pages in each chapter; page numbers are counting numbers in order; phrases «turn the page», «on page 12», «front page», «web page»
Examples
- The book has 240 pages. tree →
- She read 20 pages each day. tree →
- How many pages are left? tree →
- Each chapter has 12 pages. tree →
- Open your books to page 35. tree →
- Turn the page to see the picture. tree →
- The story was on the front page of the newspaper. tree →
- Save the web page to read later. tree →
- The page carried the knight's shield. tree →
- A sheet of paper has two pages, front and back. tree →
Note
A thing counted. «pages each day» is a rate; «left» = total − read. Trap: pages of math and of reading homework are kinds. From page 5 to page 9 is 5 pages if you read both, not 4. A sheet has 2 pages (front and back).
In Jewish tradition
a thing counted in books and homework; pages read each day, pages in each chapter; page numbers are counting numbers in order; phrases «turn the page», «on page 12», «front page», «web page»
Examples
- N] = original page markers; [N] = note references (notes are in sy08 section). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary. (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.) Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- On page 576 of Cantor's ]'orlesuiigeii iHier GesvhUhte der Mathonatil; (second edition, vol. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
Note
A thing counted. «pages each day» is a rate; «left» = total − read. Trap: pages of math and of reading homework are kinds. From page 5 to page 9 is 5 pages if you read both, not 4. A sheet has 2 pages (front and back).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «page» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «page» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «page» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «page» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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