contents
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,845 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,817 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something also: content he emptied the contents of his pocketsthe two groups were similar in content
- a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start also: table of contents
contents in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That the contents were satisfactory was obvious at a glance.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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For the next few minutes he was busy distributing its contents.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories · Ralph Henry Barbour · Chapter 1
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There Keith whiled away the long hours in vain speculation on the contents of the mysterious package.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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He ate suppers in those night restaurants where people throw the bottles at each other’s heads after drinking their contents.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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What, then, could be the contents of the little brown parcel the professor had bequeathed to him with his pregnant dying sentences?
Four Weird Tales · Algernon Blackwood · Chapter 2