paging

[pey-jing] / ˈpeɪ dʒɪŋ /

VERB

call for over communications system

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beep

STRONG

announce call seek summon

WEAK

call out call the name of hunt for preconize send for

Antonyms

STRONG

conceal refrain

WEAK

answer

VERB

mark sheets of document

Synonyms

STRONG

check count foliate number paginate

Antonyms

STRONG

estimate guess

WEAK

answer

Example Sentences

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Minutes later, Totorica was paging for an emergency team over the loudspeakers.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

You can picture Gober — whose best-known sculptures use familiar but distorted objects to conjure some of the perils of childhood — paging through obscure auction catalogs and haunting thrift shops.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023

I kept swiping, paging through one video after another like a person possessed.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

And as I brought the rings to my lips to kiss them, I was startled by a blaring airport announcement: “Paging Michael Newman, paging Michael Newman.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

I thought about grabbing my walkie-talkie and paging Grandma.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer