What does CONTENTS mean?

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con·tents

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. contents, table of contentsnoun

    a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

Wiktionary

  1. contentsnoun

    That which is contained.

  2. contentsnoun

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. contents

    Contents refer to the subjects, topics, or elements that are included or encompassed within something such as a document, book, package, container, website, or any other medium. They are the substance, components or material that make up the whole and often listed in detail, especially at the beginning or end of a formal written work or digital media to provide an overview of what is contained within.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contents

    of Content

  2. Contents

    see Content, n

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. contents

    A document which the master of a merchantman must deliver to the custom-house searcher, before he can clear outwards; it describes the vessel's destination, cargo, and all necessary particulars.

Editors Contribution

  1. contentsnoun

    Plural noun of content.

    The contents of the contract were only given to those who it affected and not all actors within the company.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2016  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'CONTENTS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3208

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTENTS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTENTS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CONTENTS in a Sentence

  1. Somchai Srisuthiyakorn:

    We will use Army Reserve Force students as a tool to create understanding about the contents of the draft constitution and distribute it all over the country, we have told them to do this in a neutral manner.

  2. H.P.LOVECRAFT:

    The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

  3. William Galvin:

    There were some coins that were tossed in the 1855 ceremony in the mix of the mortar. They are in good condition so we are optimistic that the box itself has withstood the test of time and that it will therefore be holding the contents securely.

  4. Parliament Damian Collins:

    After New FIFA requested urgent information from the Bahrain FA regarding the misappropriation of funds, Sheikh Salman did not comment until early December 2009, at which point Sheikh Salman denied those claims, however the Bahrain FA did not dispute the contents of the leaked documents.

  5. Colin Powell:

    The Ambassadors did not believe the contents were Confidential at the time and they were sent as unclassified. That is a fact.

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