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Collocations for page - noun

1. 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, scrapbook

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VERB + 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.

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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.

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page + NOUN

number
design, layout
size
count

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PREPOSITION

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)

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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.

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2. on the Internet

ADJECTIVE

HTML, Internet, web
home, main
landing, splash
linked
FAQ, index, login, search

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VERB + 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
upload

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page + VERB

load
It takes a few seconds for the web page to load.

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page + NOUN

link

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PREPOSITION

on a/the page
The information you need is on the same page.

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