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- [pey-jer]
- /ˈpeɪ dʒər/
- /ˈpeɪ.dʒər/
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- [pey-jer]
- /ˈpeɪ dʒər/
Definitions of pager word
- noun pager beeper (def 3). 1
- noun pager message device: beeper 1
- noun Technical meaning of pager 1. (hardware, communications) (Or "beeper", "bleeper" (UK?)) A small wireless receiver that, when triggered (generally via phone), will beep or vibrate (un)pleasantly. The wearer will have been trained to respond to this signal by looking at a small screen on the device for an unimportant message. In recent years, pagers have grown more complex, allowing for long alphanumeric messages to be received and scrolled though (as opposed to earlier models, which supported only short numeric messages); at the same time as pager functions are integrated into some PDAs. If this trend continues, the distinction between PDAs and high-end pagers will disappear. 2. (tool) A program for viewing a text file a screenful at a time via a text terminal, as opposed to scrolling through it in a GUI window, or catting it all at once to the terminal. The best known pagers are more, less, pg and list.com. 1
- countable noun pager A pager is a small electronic device which you can carry around with you and which gives you a number or a message when someone is trying to contact you. 0
- noun pager a small electronic device, capable of receiving short messages; usually carried by people who need to be contacted urgently (e.g. doctors) 0
- noun pager an electronic device that sends or receives a signal and emits a beep, buzz, etc., esp., a small, portable receiver used to contact people for messages 0
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Origin of pager
First appearance:
before 1965 One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70; page1 + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pager
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pager popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pager usage trend in Literature
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