paging
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Calling a person's name over a loudspeaker to get their attention
- noun
- /ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ/
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- A message announced over a hospital's public loudspeaker may sound something like "Paging Dr. Firestone to the third floor," which alerts medical staff that there is a possible fire in the specified location.
- Paging Dr.
- paging companies
- paging system
Examples
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June's pleasant phone voice came over the air, "Paging Dr. Rathbone."
Fiction book (2002) -
Doctor Fine, paging doctor Fine...
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- Paging Dr. Smith, line two.
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( woman on PA ) Paging Dr. Battaglia, call extension 1-9-8.
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WOMAN ON PA: Paging Dr. Hahn.
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DR. BENDER, PAGING DR. BENDER.
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Dr. Harris, paging Dr. Harris, please come to the front desk.
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- Paging Nurse Stevens, you are needed in room 204.
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The hospital's intercom system was used for paging anyone on call.
How Public
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paging comes from the old idea of a page, a helper or 'messenger' who would call someone, and from the small device pager that sends a short call. So, paging means calling or summoning a person, which fits how we use loudspeakers or pagers to get someone's attention.