folio
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- noun
- /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/
- Specialized
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folio
- In citing from the sermon, I will modernize spelling and refer to the original folio pages.
- folio 5 recto
- process folios
- folio containing
Examples
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The folio cited above contains evidence of this orthodox reading process in its earliest medieval manifestation.
Academic text (2003) -
Look at the Folio, second act, the fifth scene, Shylock says he dreams from moneybags.
Fiction book (1999) -
- I finished the cover of the third folio.
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Excepting certain figures of the first folio, color is absent.
Academic text (1999) -
Unfortunately, the pages immediately preceding and following the folio containing these Pauline references have been lost.
Academic text (2004) -
In the written introduction to the folios, students identify the teacher-librarian as one of their teachers.
Academic text (2005) -
The calendar incorporated in the Historia de la donzella Teodor begins on folio 5 recto and continues until folio o recto.
Academic text (1998) -
The folio numbering continues on the next page to ensure accurate referencing.
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Each folio in the manuscript was carefully numbered to track the sequence of the text.
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It is crucial to follow the folio system when organizing the pages of the book.
Synonyms
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6.0
Dividing a book or document into pages, often with page numbers
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4.3
The numbers given to pages in a book or report
Surface Forms
Etymology
Folio comes from the Latin folium, meaning 'leaf'. Think of a page as a leaf, so a folio can mean the page number that shows which leaf you are on.