Definition of Table of contents

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

Exact synonyms: Contents
Generic synonyms: List, Listing, Table, Tabular Array
Group relationships: Publication

Definition of Table of contents

1. Noun. A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Of Contents

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table decoration
table football
table game
table knife
table lamp
table lamps
table lifting
table linen
table manners
table mat
table mountain
table mountains
table mustard
table napkin
table of contents (current term)
table rapping
table salt
table saw
table saws
table service
table soccer
table stakes
table talk
table tapping
table tennis
table tilting
table tipping
table turning

Literary usage of Table of contents

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

1. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"The editor is responsible for the table of contents to the Austro-Hungarian Red Book (No. 2), German White Book, Russian Orange Book (No. ..."

2. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"The editor is responsible for the table of contents to the Austro-Hungarian Red Book (No. 2), German White Book, Russian Orange Book (No. ..."

3. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... the Statute of Frauds 592 Variation of contract within the Statute of Frauds—General doctrine 593 Amount of variation. . . . 594 table of contents ..."

4. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Table of Contents, Index, etc.—There remain for consideration the table of ... The table of contents is a list of headings and subheadings used in the text. ..."

5. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... table of contents, 3 pages ; hia- mens of British Poetesses, selected • and table of contents, 2 leave«; history, and chronologically arranged. ..."

6. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1886)
"The Table of Contents at the beginning of the volume and the Index of Subjects at the end will show the universality of discussion in the Conference. ..."

7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"table of contents. Introductory, Clinical histories of subjects, ....... 39 Description of experiments, 48 Experimental results 53 Conclusions, . ..."

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