FOLIO

• FOLIO (noun)
  The noun FOLIO has 3 senses:

1. the system of numbering pages
2. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
3. a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages

  Familiarity information: FOLIO used as a noun is uncommon.

• FOLIO (noun)

Meaning:

The system of numbering pages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

folio; page number; pagination; paging

Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity derived from 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)

Meaning:

A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

folio; leaf

Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):

piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (used for writing or printing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folio"):

flyleaf (a blank leaf in the front of 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...):

written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols)

Meaning:

A book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the first folio of Shakespeare's plays

Hypernyms ("folio" is a kind of...):

book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)