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Definition of Contents

1. Noun. A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start.

Definition of Contents

1. n. pl. See Content, n.

Definition of Contents

1. Noun. (plural of content) ¹

2. Noun. (a usually plural) That which is contained. ¹

3. Noun. (pluralonly) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start. ¹

4. Verb. (third-person singular of content) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contents

1. content [v] - See also: content

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contents

Literary usage of Contents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Examination of the Stomach contents Removed after Test Diets The contents of the ... After a test breakfast the contents, normally, separate into two parts, ..."

2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"This was unsatisfactory because the tank contents became too thick to flow readily through the outlet pipe, and, if not constantly watched, would eventually ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
""The ideational contents corresponding with all these conscious contents" (secondarily ... This table is exhaustive; it names all the genera of contents of ..."

4. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"As a matter of fact, a large portion of the contents of Capital is as much a ... Engels intended to issue the contents of the manuscripts for Book IV, ..."

5. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"But the seals were unbroken, and how could any one in England know what were the contents of the letter ? And then, as I sat there with the big sail humming ..."

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