Meanings
page up1
verbpage up (third-person singular simple present pages up, present participle paging up, simple past and past participle paged up)
present singular third person pages up · participle present paging up · participle past paged up · past paged up
- computingTo scroll up to the previous page of content.
When I paged up or down, the text would sometimes get mangled and duplicated.
Synonyms: scroll up, scroll down
Page Up2
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo scroll up to the previous page of content.
Similar
scroll upscroll down
Origin
From the Page Up key on a keyboard that performs this function.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish sivu ylös, page up
- sivu ylösa key that scrolls down to the previous page of content
- page upa key that scrolls down to the previous page of content
Russian пэйдж а́п
- пэйдж а́п (pɛjdž áp)a key that scrolls down to the previous page of content
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APA
page up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/page%20up
MLA
“page up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/page%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “page up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/page%20up.
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