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contents

contents

1.0
The things inside a container, bag, or box
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒntɛnts/
translation icon : contenido
  • She carefully examined the contents of the old trunk, discovering letters and photographs.

Anybody in in between can view the contents of those messages.

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Examples

  • He left the whole of the contents of this room to the British Museum.

  • Anybody in in between can view the contents of those messages.

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  • It's like the same contents as last year.

  • Nobody can ever take from you the contents that you put inside your own mind.

    André Duqum

  • Here you can see some of the contents of this strange pamphlet.

  • Opening the jar up, you can see the contents are very salmon, peachy pink.

  • The box was full, and I couldn't believe the contents inside were all so valuable.

  • Before starting the experiment, make sure you know the contents of each container.

Synonyms

stuff
vscontents
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

Things a person owns or carries

describes specific things contained inside an object or space
content
vscontents
∞ 3.3

The information inside something like a book or website

focuses on tangible things located inside a container, book, or space

Antonyms

emptiness
14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

Compounds

table of contents
7 1.4

A list at the start of a book or document showing chapters and the pages they start on

How Full

to overflow
43 2.9
fullness
7 2.7
contents
1.0
sparseness
1 6.8
emptiness
14 3.6

Surface Forms

contents singular
contents plural

Morphology

contents = content (transparent) = content + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'content' meaning 'things inside', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word contents comes from an old Latin root ten that means 'to hold', the same root you see in contain and container. So the 'contents' of a box or book are the things it 'holds' inside.