- page
- noun1 in a book, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ back, front▪ facing, opposite▪
There's a photo of him on the opposite page.
▪ inside▪ left-hand, right-hand▪ following, next, preceding, previous▪ first, opening▪ final, last▪ new▪Write each answer on a new page.
▪ blank, empty▪ full▪ loose▪ dog-eared▪ torn▪ yellowed▪ glossy▪the glossy pages of magazines
▪ printed, typed, typewritten▪The speech did not transfer well to the printed page.
▪ handwritten, written▪ single-spaced▪ contents, title▪ introductory▪ advertising, business, editorial, financial, gossip, obituary, op-ed (AmE), opinion, problem (BrE), sports (all in a newspaper, etc.)▪the problem pages of magazines
▪ calendar, scrapbookVERB + PAGE▪ read▪ scan, skim▪She began to skim the pages for something of interest.
▪ peruse (formal or humorous)▪ write▪He wrote fifty pages in five hours.
▪ edit▪ turn, turn over, turn to▪I turned the dog-eared pages of my old address book.
▪Turn to page 30 in the coursebook.
▪ flick through (esp. BrE), flip through (esp. AmE), leaf through▪She sat idly flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine.
▪ skip▪He skipped a few pages and carried on reading.
▪ rip, rip out, tear, tear out▪ splash sth across▪The headlines were splashed across the front page of every newspaper.
▪ dedicate, devote▪Particularly sad are the pages devoted to the death of his mother.
▪ fill▪Beautiful pictures fill the pages.
▪ dominate▪The news dominated the pages of the local newspaper.
▪ grace▪Phyllis graced the pages of ‘Life’ magazine in 1953.
PAGE + VERB▪ contain sth, describe sth, detail sth, explain sth, feature sth, include sth, list sth, provide sth▪The front page features a warning about the dangers of drugs.
▪The page provides information about the company.
PAGE + NOUN▪ number▪ design, layout▪ size▪ countPREPOSITION▪ at (a/the) page, to (a/the) page▪Open your books at page 14. (esp. BrE)
▪Open your books to page 14. (AmE)
▪ in the pages▪The murder takes place in the opening pages of the novel.
▪ on a/the page▪The crossword is on the back page.
▪ over the page▪Her eyes skimmed over the page.
▪The article continues over the page (= on the other side of the page). (BrE)
PHRASES▪ at the bottom of the page, at the foot of the page▪ at the head of the page, at the top of the page▪Write your name at the top of each page.
▪ … pages long▪The story is thirty pages long.
▪ run your eye down a page, run your finger down a page▪I ran my finger down the page until I found the name I was looking for.
2 on the InternetADJECTIVE▪ HTML, Internet, web▪ home, main▪ landing, splash▪ linked▪ FAQ, index, login, searchVERB + PAGE▪ read▪ scan, scroll down, skim▪She began to scroll down the page looking for the address.
▪ dedicate, devote▪web pages devoted to people's cats
▪ create, design▪ customize▪ access, view, visit▪ display, download, load▪ refresh, update▪The page is automatically updated every five minutes.
▪ bookmark, post▪ uploadPAGE + VERB▪ load▪It takes a few seconds for the web page to load.
PAGE + NOUN▪ linkPREPOSITION▪ on a/the page▪The information you need is on the same page.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
