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- [pey-jing]
- /ˈpeɪ dʒɪŋ/
- /peɪdʒ/
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- [pey-jing]
- /ˈpeɪ dʒɪŋ/
Definitions of paging word
- noun paging a boy servant or attendant. 1
- noun paging a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood. 1
- noun paging an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc. 1
- noun paging a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress. 1
- verb with object paging to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly: He had his father paged in the hotel lobby. 1
- verb with object paging to summon or alert by electronic pager. 1
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Origin of paging
First appearance:
before 1965 One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70; page1 + -ing1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Paging
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
paging popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% 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".
paging usage trend in Literature
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