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to paginate

to paginate

1 7.2
To put numbers on the pages of a book or document
  • verb
  • /ˈpædʒɪneɪt/
translation icon : numerar
  • It's important to paginate your document so readers can easily refer to specific sections.

Examples

  • AAP, Australia's national news agency, has been producing paginated sports event features through its Pagemasters division for more than 10 years now.

    Blog text (31)

  • The newspaper is paginated and printed by non-Amish newspaper workers, and some who make editorial and policy decisions that influence content (including the newspaper's publisher at the time of this study) are not Amish.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Some volumes have paginated pages; others do not.

    Academic text (2018)

  • I decided not to paginate, even for an article of this length, as I think it serves no value to the user in the end; it makes it that much more difficult to print, and people know how to scroll.

    Blog text (10)

  • Create a paginated banner from a series of images with links using jQuery.

    Blog text (13)

  • Caldwell's book is self-published and not paginated.

    Academic text (2014)

  • So my usual notebook right now is a Loichtom because I really like the way you can paginate stuff in them and the thickness of the paper.

  • So, I think it's nice to be able to use a canonical URL to point everything to the main product page. On sites such as this, the main portion of the content on the page is fixed, but the reviews/comments section is paginated.

    Blog text (31)

  • Starting this week, the wire service will distribute paginated sports specials to preview major events like the NFL draft, Major League Baseball playoffs, NASCAR's Cup Series, and top golf tournaments.

    Blog text (31)

  • The editor chose to paginate the manuscript to ensure each chapter started on a new page.

Synonyms

to page
vsto paginate
4 3.1

To number the sheets in a book in order

omits emphasis on continuous sequential order during numbering of book leaves
to foliate
vsto paginate
  • Specialized
9.9

To number the pages of a book or manuscript

is the same action but usually regarded as a technical publishing term

Surface Forms

paginate infinitive
paginated past
paginated past participle
paginating present participle
paginates third person singular

Morphology

paginate = page (transparent) = page + ate

The verb 'paginate' is transparently derived from 'page' with the suffix '-ate' indicating the action of numbering pages.

Etymology

Paginate comes from the Latin pagina, which means 'page' and is the same root as the English word page. So to paginate is to put numbers on the pages of a book, which is why it means 'to number the pages of a book or manuscript'.