paginate

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/ˈpæd͡ʒəneɪt/

verb

To number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.

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foliatepage
OriginMedieval Latin paginare ← Latin pagina →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

verbpaginate (third-person singular simple present paginates, present participle paginating, simple past and past participle paginated)

present singular third person paginates · participle present paginating · participle past paginated · past paginated

  1. transitiveTo number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.

    Each table is now paginated. That makes it straightforward if you wish to print a few pages of a long table by entering the page numbers required into the printer file.

    2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 38
  2. transitiveTo divide (a continuous stream of text) into pages.
    1 more example

    Word-processing applications are designed to automatically paginate a continuous flow of text, and this require additional capabilities such as page breaks and image-positioning for some control over page layout. However, this makes tasks such as laying out a double- page magazine spread very difficult.

    2016, Jefferson D. Pooley, Eric W. Rothenbuhler, editor, The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy, volume 4, page 943
  3. transitivecomputingTo separate (data) into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbnumber the pages of a book or manuscript

Similar
foliatepage
Broader
number
Also see
foliatepage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpagina
  2. Medieval Latinpaginare
  3. Englishpaginate

From Medieval Latin paginare, from Latin pagina.

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Translations

Bulgarian номерирам
  • номерирам (nomeriram)to number the pages of a book or other document
Finnish sivuttaa
  • sivuttaato number the pages of a book or other document
French paginer
  • paginerto number the pages of a book or other document
German paginieren
  • paginierento number the pages of a book or other document
Hungarian lapszámoz, oldalszámoz
  • lapszámozto number the pages of a book or other document
  • oldalszámozto number the pages of a book or other document
  • paginálto number the pages of a book or other document
  • megszámozza a lapokatto number the pages of a book or other document
  • lapszámozással ellátto number the pages of a book or other document
  • oldalakat számozto number the pages of a book or other document
Māori whakawhārangi
  • whakawhārangito number the pages of a book or other document
Polish paginować
  • paginowaćto number the pages of a book or other document
Portuguese paginar
  • paginarto number the pages of a book or other document
Swedish paginera
  • paginerato number the pages of a book or other document
Cite this entry
APA

paginate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paginate

MLA

“paginate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paginate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paginate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paginate.

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