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FOLIO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
Example:
the first folio of Shakespeare's plays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
Synonyms:
folio; leaf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):
piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (paper used for writing or printing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folio"):
flyleaf (a blank leaf in the front or back of a book)
interleaf (a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book)
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
Holonyms ("folio" is a part of...):
black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The system of numbering pages
Synonyms:
folio; page number; pagination; paging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
Holonyms ("folio" is a part of...):
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
