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lobby
Noun
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A lobby is the entrance of a building.
Please wait in the lobby for the tour guide.
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A lobby is a group of people who try to change the policy of a government.
The U.S. anti-gun lobby is trying to change gun laws.
lobby
Verb
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When you lobby something, you attempt to change a decision or policy.
The group lobbied to have the law repealed.
page
Noun
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A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.
The picture of the accident was on page one of the morning's paper.
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A page is a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.
This book has one page missing.
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A page is the part of a document that you can see at one time on a computer screen.
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A web page is a computer document that can be accessed over the internet.
This site has some of the most visited pages on the web.
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A page is a young person whose job is to help important people like knights, or members of parliament.
The pages passed out copies of the new law.
page
Verb
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If you page someone, make an announcement or send them a message asking them to contact you.
Paging Dr. Horvat! Please, contact the nursing station.
If you need me, just have them page me at the restaurant.
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If you page forward, back, through, etc. something with pages, you move from one page to another.
I paged through the magazine, just looking at the pictures.
Use the mouse to page down to the next screen.