contents
Meaning of contents
verb
- To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
- To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite
- That which is contained.
- Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
- The amount of material contained; contents
- Capacity for holding
- The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon)
- (of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) the greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible
- Satisfaction; contentment.
They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
- Acquiescence without examination
- That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- (House of Lords) an expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote
- (House of Lords) a member who votes in assent
- (usually in the plural) That which is contained.
It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
- 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.
Information about contents
- The singular form of contents is: content.
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Hyphenation of contents
con-tents
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- contents is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of contents
Words that rhyme with contents
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