page up
A2 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
Press a button on your keyboard to jump back up a whole page on your screen.
Literal meaning: To move up a page — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
(Computing) To move the view on a screen upward by one full page length, typically by pressing the Page Up key.
"Page up a few times to get back to the section where we defined the key terms."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Computing term referring to the Page Up keyboard key. Used when reviewing documents or data. Less common in everyday use with the prevalence of touchscreens and scroll wheels.
Commonly used with
document spreadsheet list file screen top
Forms
Base
page up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pages up
he/she/it
Past simple
paged up
yesterday
Past participle
paged up
have + pp
-ing form
paging up
continuous
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