how to pronounce contents

/ˈkɑːntɛnts/

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contents is pronounced in two syllables

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kɑːntɛnts

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An example use of contents in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but once again the contents of the food …”

meanings of contents

noun:

  1. That which is contained.
  2. Plural of content.
  3. A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.

verb:

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of content.

contents frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word contents occurs in english on average 13.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics contents can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contents can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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