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paging

/ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

paging noun: the arrangement of pages in a book or other publication. Also the present participle and gerund of page.

Noun

paging (countable and uncountable, plural pagings)

  1. The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.
    • Record the total number of pages, leaves, or columns (excluding those that are blank or contain advertising or other inessential matter) followed by in various pagings, in various foliations, or in various numberings, as appropriate.2013, Joint Steering Committee, RDA: Resource Description and Access: 2013 Revision
  2. A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.

Also used as

paging is also the present participle and gerund of page.

Forms of paging

pluralpagings

Words formed from paging

Phrases with paging

Words that rhyme with paging

Questions about paging

What does paging mean?
Paging means the arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.
What part of speech is paging?
Paging is a noun.
How do you pronounce paging?
Paging is pronounced /ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/.
What is the plural of paging?
The plural of paging is pagings.

Words near paging in the dictionary

  1. paginating
  2. pagination
  3. paginations
  4. paginator
  5. paginators
  6. paging
  7. paging down
  8. paging file
  9. paging files
  10. paging in
  11. paging out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paging (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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