The page
Example: She reads the page carefully before answering
Definition
"The page" refers to one side of a sheet in a book, magazine, or other printed or digital document, often containing text or images. It is the surface where information is presented and read, such as when someone reads the page carefully before answering.
Etymology
The word "page" comes from the Old French 'page', which itself derives from the Latin 'pagina', meaning a written page or a row of columns. Originally, it referred to a sheet of writing material, and over time it came to mean the individual leaf in books. Did you know that the Latin root 'pagina' relates to the arrangement of vines in a row, reflecting the orderly layout of text?
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"The page" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - (A1) - set 4", containing 104 commonly used words.
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