contents

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧tents

Noun

contents

  1. plural of content
  2. (usually in the plural) That which is contained.
    It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
    The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎[1]:
      Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  3. (plural only) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
    I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.

Translations

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Verb

contents

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of content

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

contents

  1. masculine plural of content

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

contents

  1. masculine plural of content

Norman

Adjective

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  1. masculine plural of content
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