Definition of "table of contents" []

• A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear. (noun)

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• "To the Greek Patrology there was no index, but a Greek, D. Scholarios, added a list of the authors and subjects, (Athens, 1879) and began a complete table of contents (Athens, 1883)."
• "A table of contents appears on the verso of the title page."
• "The lead article, ac­cording to the table of contents on the cover, was titled “The Most Memorable Venusian I Ever Met.”"