contents n : a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start [syn: table of contents]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

contents

1. 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.

2. Plural of content

Translations

• Czech: obsah (list of chapters)
• Italian: contenuti (1,2)
• Maltese: kontenut, werrej
• Romanian: cuprins (1)

Verb

contents

1. third-person singular of content

French

Adjective

m|p

1. Form of masculine plural, content

Content or Contents may refer to:

• Content (algebra), the highest common factor of the coefficients of a polynomial
• Content (media and publishing), information and experiences created for an audience
• Content (measure theory), an additive real function defined on a field of sets
• Table of contents

Content may also refer to:

• Curriculum, material to be learned as opposed to the teaching methods used
• Volume, when generalized to arbitrarily many dimensions in mathematics and physics

See also

• Open content
• Free content
• Web content
• Content format
• Brill's Content

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