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Page (Verb)

Contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The nurse was paged to report to the emergency room immediately.
She paged the doctor to ask for a consultation on the patient's case.
The principal's voice came over the intercom to page the student to the office.
When they couldn't find him anywhere, they decided to page him over the loudspeaker.
The manager paged the employee to inform her of a change in the meeting schedule.

Number the pages of a book or manuscript.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Be sure to carefully page the entire manuscript before binding it.
She spent hours paginating the historical document to ensure accuracy in its translation.
Please page the report so we can easily reference it during the meeting.
It's essential to page your thesis correctly before submission.
You'll need to re-page the document if the table of contents becomes outdated.

Work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

She is planning to page in the state legislature next year to gain more experience.
To get an inside perspective on the government, he decided to page for the senator this summer.
The university student is going to page in the state capitol during her spring break.
Before running for office, the politician had experience paging for her local representative.
After attending a summer program at the capitol, she was inspired to page for her home state.