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contents

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contents

  1. plural of content

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contents

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

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table of contents — see table of contents
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contents

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of content

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contents

  1. masculine plural of content

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contents

  1. masculine plural of content

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contents

  1. masculine plural of content
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