fo·li·o

(fō′lē-ō′)

n. pl. fo·li·os

a. A large sheet of paper folded once in the middle, making two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript.

b. A book or manuscript of the largest common size, usually about 38 centimeters (15 inches) in height, consisting of such folded sheets.

a. A leaf of a book numbered only on the front side.

b. A number on such a leaf.

c. A page number.

3. Law A specific number of words used as a unit for measuring the length of the text of a legal document.

tr.v. fo·li·oed, fo·li·o·ing, fo·li·os

To number consecutively the pages or leaves of (a book, for example).

[Middle English, from Late Latin foliō, ablative of folium, leaf of paper, from Latin, leaf; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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folio

(ˈfəʊlɪəʊ)

n, pl -lios

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only

4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a page number in a book

5. (Law) law a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US

6. NZ a collection of related material

adj

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) relating to or having the format of a folio: a folio edition.

vb, -lios, -lioing or -lioed

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively

[C16: from Latin phrase in foliō in a leaf, from folium leaf]

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fo•li•o

(ˈfoʊ liˌoʊ)

n., pl. -li•os,
n.

1. a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.

2. a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet.

3. a leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side.

a. (in a book) the number of each page.

b. (in a newspaper) the number of each page together with the date and the name of the newspaper.

5. Law. a certain number of words, in the U.S. generally 100, taken as a unit for computing the length of a document.

adj.

6. pertaining to or having the format of a folio: a folio volume.

v.t.

7. to number each leaf or page of.

[1525–35; < Latin foliō]

folio

Past participle: folioed
Gerund: folioing

Imperative
folio
folio

Present
I folio
you folio
he/she/it folios
we folio
you folio
they folio

Preterite
I folioed
you folioed
he/she/it folioed
we folioed
you folioed
they folioed

Present Continuous
I am folioing
you are folioing
he/she/it is folioing
we are folioing
you are folioing
they are folioing

Present Perfect
I have folioed
you have folioed
he/she/it has folioed
we have folioed
you have folioed
they have folioed

Past Continuous
I was folioing
you were folioing
he/she/it was folioing
we were folioing
you were folioing
they were folioing

Past Perfect
I had folioed
you had folioed
he/she/it had folioed
we had folioed
you had folioed
they had folioed

Future
I will folio
you will folio
he/she/it will folio
we will folio
you will folio
they will folio

Future Perfect
I will have folioed
you will have folioed
he/she/it will have folioed
we will have folioed
you will have folioed
they will have folioed

Future Continuous
I will be folioing
you will be folioing
he/she/it will be folioing
we will be folioing
you will be folioing
they will be folioing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been folioing
you have been folioing
he/she/it has been folioing
we have been folioing
you have been folioing
they have been folioing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been folioing
you will have been folioing
he/she/it will have been folioing
we will have been folioing
you will have been folioing
they will have been folioing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been folioing
you had been folioing
he/she/it had been folioing
we had been folioing
you had been folioing
they had been folioing

Conditional
I would folio
you would folio
he/she/it would folio
we would folio
you would folio
they would folio

Past Conditional
I would have folioed
you would have folioed
he/she/it would have folioed
we would have folioed
you would have folioed
they would have folioed

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	folio - the system of numbering pages page number, pagination, paging page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
	2.	folio - a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) leaf piece of paper, sheet of paper, sheet - paper used for writing or printing 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 black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
	3.	folio - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays" book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"

Translations

كتاب أوراقُه من حجم فوليووَرَقَه

foliolist

bog i folioformatfolio

Folio Folioblatt

folioinfolio

fólióívrét

bók í arkarbrotifólíó, arkarbrot

foglio [di libro]numero di pagina pagina volume in folio

foliantaspusiau sulenktas lapas

foliantsfolio

bok i folioformat folio

колонцифра фолиант

fólio

büyük boyutlu kitapikiye katlanmış kâğıt tabakası

对开本对折纸

folio

[ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] N (= sheet) → folio m; (= book) → infolio m, libro m en folio

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folio

(= sheet) → Folio nt

(= volume) → Foliant m

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folio

[ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] n (book) → volume m in folio; (sheet) → foglio

folio

(ˈfouliou) – plural ˈfolios – noun

1. a sheet of paper folded once.

2. a book in which the pages are made of sheets of paper folded once. Shakespeare's plays were first printed in folio.

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References in classic literature

( Folio), CHAPTER II.( Right Whale).--In one respect this is the most venerable of the leviathans, being the one first regularly hunted by man.

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By these various methods I shall gain an accurate analysis, and finally bestow the result of my labors upon the world in a folio volume."

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By thy advice the heavy, unread, folio lump, which long had dozed on the dusty shelf, piecemealed into numbers, runs nimbly through the nation.

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He had rested his elbow upon the open volume of Honorius d'Autun , De predestinatione et libero arbitrio , and he was turning over, in deep meditation, the leaves of a printed folio which he had just brought, the sole product of the press which his cell contained.

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Tom Swift, who had been slowly looking through the pages of a magazine, in the contents of which he seemed to be deeply interested, turned the final folio, ruffled the sheets back again to look at a certain map and drawing, and then, slapping the book down on a table before him, with a noise not unlike that of a shot, exclaimed:

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Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.

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The latter, as we have seen, was denied him; but seven years after his death two of his fellow-managers assured the preservation of the plays whose unique importance he himself did not suspect by collecting them in the first folio edition of his complete dramatic works.

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Some of these leaves, in a timid rush, seek sanctuary within the low arched Cathedral door; but two men coming out resist them, and cast them forth again with their feet; this done, one of the two locks the door with a goodly key, and the other flits away with a folio music-book.

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Here, on the cushion, lay a folio tome, probably of the Chronicles of England, or other such substantial literature; even as, in our own days, we scatter gilded volumes on the centre table, to be turned over by the casual guest.

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"You are a great politician, my queen," said Mazarin; "let us hear the means." And he hid what he had written by sliding the letter under a folio of blank paper.

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Aramis, in a black gown, his head enveloped in a sort of round flat cap, not much unlike a CALOTTE, was seated before an oblong table, covered with rolls of paper and enormous volumes in folio. At his right hand was placed the superior of the Jesuits, and on his left the curate of Montdidier.

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But to Georgiana the most engrossing volume was a large folio from her husband's own hand, in which he had recorded every experiment of his scientific career, its original aim, the methods adopted for its development, and its final success or failure, with the circumstances to which either event was attributable.

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