# contents

Pronunciation: say "KON-tents" US /ˈkɑn.tɛnts/, UK /ˈkɒn.tɛnts/

## Noun

1. The things or material held inside a container or other enclosing space.
   - Simple: The things held inside a box, bag, or other container.
   - _Customs officers inspected the contents of every crate at the border._
   - _The bottle's label lists its contents in order of weight._
2. A list near the front of a book naming its chapters or sections and the pages on which each begins.
   - Simple: A list at the start of a book that shows the chapters and their page numbers.
   - _She scanned the contents to locate the appendix quickly._
   - _According to the contents, the index starts on page four hundred._
3. Plural of content. — plural of content
   - Simple: Plural of content. Use it for what is inside something, or what a book, magazine or website holds.
   - _The platform's contents range from documentaries to short films._
   - _They organized the magazine's contents into themed sections._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-TENTS" /kənˈtɛnts/

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of content. — third-person singular simple present indicative of content
   - Simple: The form of content used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _He never contents himself with second place._
   - _Praise rarely contents a perfectionist for long._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/contents (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).