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Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.
Nathaniel Philbrick

Meaning of "page-turner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAGE-TURNER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAGE-TURNER

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Page-Turner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAGE-TURNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Page-turner

A page-turner is a person employed to turn sheet music pages for a soloist, often a pianist, usually during a performance. While some music is arranged so that the pages end at places where the musician can spare one hand to turn them, this is not always possible. A page-turner is often necessary for musicians who are playing complex pieces and prefer not to play from memory. A page-turner needs to be able to understand the musician's signals and follow the music to know when to turn the page, and to do so quickly and unobtrusively. Page-turners are sometimes acquaintances of the performer or members of the accompanying orchestra doing a favour. Professional page-turners are often freelance casual workers, not associated with any given concert hall or orchestra. Mechanical page-turners are also available, sometimes controlled by the musician via a foot pedal. Charles Halle is said to have invented the automatic page-turner.

Definition of page-turner in the English dictionary

The definition of page-turner in the dictionary is an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAGE-TURNER

paganize
paganizer
Pagasetic Gulf
page
page break
page design
page proofs
page three
page-three
pageant
pageantries
pageantry
pageboy
pageful
pagehood
pager
pager message
Paget´s cancer
Paget´s disease
pageview

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAGE-TURNER

afterburner
back burner
baseburner
Bunsen burner
burner
CD burner
charcoal burner
charcoal-burner
churner
corner
front burner
gas burner
incense burner
lime burner
mourner
on the back burner
returner
sojourner
spurner
to be on the front burner
turner

Synonyms and antonyms of page-turner in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «page-turner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAGE-TURNER

Find out the translation of page-turner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of page-turner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «page-turner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

页面特纳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

page- turner
570 millions of speakers

English

page-turner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेज टर्नर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صفحة تيرنر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

страница токарь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

page-turner
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃষ্ঠা-টার্নার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Cette page -turner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengubah halaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seite - turner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ページターナー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페이지 터너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Page-turner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang -turner
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக்கம்-டர்னர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृष्ठ-टर्नर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sayfa çevirici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

page - turner
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strona - Turner
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сторінка токар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pagină -Turner
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σελιδογυριστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bladsy - draaier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bladvändare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

page- turner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of page-turner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAGE-TURNER»

The term «page-turner» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAGE-TURNER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «page-turner» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «page-turner» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about page-turner

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QUOTES WITH «PAGE-TURNER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word page-turner.
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Nathaniel Philbrick
Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAGE-TURNER»

Discover the use of page-turner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to page-turner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Page Turner
By turns comic and heartbreaking, shrewd and intimate, The Page Turner testifies not only to the tenacity of the human spirit but to the resiliency of the human heart.
David Leavitt, 2012
2
Jim Reeves: His Untold Story
" Billboard and Country Music People have given it rave reviews, and the book has been Nominated for the prestigious Belmont Award for the Best Book on Country Music.
Larry Jordan, 2011
3
The Expats: A Novel
Stylish and sophisticated, fiercely intelligent, and expertly crafted, The Expats proves Chris Pavone to be a writer of tremendous talent.
Chris Pavone, 2012
4
Homage to Czerny: Studies in Virtuoso Technique
I saw the page turner still standing bent over beside the playing pianist, and with the hand he had previously stretched out in vain, and which had remained in that position, he reached for the page that Schleifer was now playing and turned it, ...
Gert Jonke, 2008
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Reports of cases decided in the High Court of Chancery
l845.—Cooke v. Turner. _ 1841, and at his death, are now vested in his brother, Sir Edward George Thomas Page Turner, bart., as tenant for life in possession, with remainder to Edward Henry Page Turner, his eldest son, in tail. Edward Henry ...
‎1866
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The Gentleman's Magazine
At bis residence in Gloucester-place, Marylebone, Sir Gregory Osborne Page- Turner, the fourth Bart. (1733) of Battlesden Park, Bedfordshire, and Ambrosden, Oxfordshire. He was born Sept. 28, 1785, in Portland-place, Middlesex, the eldest  ...
‎1843
7
Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: By ...
Edward Henry Page Turner has attained the age of twenty-one years. Mrs. Fryer and her husband having disputed the due execution of the will of Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner, and having disputed his competency to make the same, and ...
Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Nicholas Simons, John Leach, 1847
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
At his residence in Gloucester-place, Marylebone, Sir Gregory Osborne Page- Turner, the fourth Bart. (1733) of Battlesden Park, Bedfordshire, and Ambrosden, Oxfordshire. He was born Sept. 28, 1785, in Portland-place, Middlesex, the eldest  ...
SYLVANUS URBAN, 1843
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
At bis residence in Gloucester-place, Marylebone, Sir Gregory Osborne Page- Turner, the fourth Bart. (1733) of Battlesden Park, Bedfordshire, and Arobrosden, Oxfordshire. He was born Sept. 28, 1785, in Portland-place, Middlesex, the eldest  ...
‎1843
10
The Jurist
The plaintiff 's demand originated in certain bills, to a large amount, given by Sir Gregory Page Turner, in the years 1821 and 1822. The plaintiff, during the life of Sir Gregory Page Turner, had brought an action against him for the amount of his  ...
‎1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAGE-TURNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term page-turner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fiction for older children reviews – delight in wordplay, disrespect for …
Neologisms crop up in Fuzzy Mud (Bloomsbury £12.99), the latest page-turner from Louis Sachar, famed for Holes. In transcripts from secret ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Dave Denslow: Civil rights laws helped jobs gap, but momentum lost
... courage — he escaped a lynching — and of the resolve of the young client to risk his life rather than confess, make the book a page-turner. «Gainesville Sun, Jul 15»
3
Food for thought
Speakers include Erik Larson, master of the nonfiction page-turner; Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Mary Norris, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
4
Books: Distant lives connected by secrets
After the Crash is a page-turner that also poses interesting questions about what makes someone who they are, how we highlight then forget ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
5
A Spymaster's Summer Reading Recs
For a page-turner on espionage history, you can't do better than Ben MacIntyre's A Spy Among Friends. I've also recently wrapped up two contemporary novels, ... «OZY, Jul 15»
6
TV highlights
What Bosch does have is fantastic plotting and editing, making it every bit as page-turner-ish as the books on which it's based. The good news ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Gallery launches competition to celebrate new signs
THG's Fiona Page-Turner said: “To celebrate the signs, THG has announced a competition where visitors are encouraged to take a 'selfie' ... «Midweek Herald, Jul 15»
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Plain Talk: Small-town sheriff's memoir is a page-turner
Editor Emeritus Dave Zweifel has been with The Capital Times since he graduated from UW-Madison in 1962, serving as the paper's editor in ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
9
The Recipe for the Perfect Business Book
... to single concepts is key because the busy business brain can manage only so much; drip-feeding new ideas makes for a good page-turner. «SFGate, Jul 15»
10
7 picks for 7 days on Cape Cod
What would summer on the islands be without that perfect page-turner? If you've already exhausted your stack, or you're just looking to be ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Page-Turner [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/page-turner>. May 2024 ».
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