content
1Usually contents.
something that is contained: the contents of a box.
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document: a table of contents.
something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing, or any of various arts: a poetic form adequate to a poetic content.
significance or profundity; meaning: a clever play that lacks content.
substantive information or creative material viewed in contrast to its actual or potential manner of presentation: publishers, record companies, and other content providers; a flashy website, but without much content.
that which may be perceived in something: the latent versus the manifest content of a dream.
Philosophy, Logic. the sum of the attributes or notions comprised in a given conception; the substance or matter of cognition.
power of containing; holding capacity: The bowl's content is three quarts.
volume, area, or extent; size.
the amount contained.
Linguistics. the system of meanings or semantic values specific to a language (opposed to expression).
Mathematics. the greatest common divisor of all the coefficients of a given polynomial.: Compare primitive polynomial.
any abstraction of the concept of length, area, or volume.
Origin of content
1Words Nearby content
Other definitions for content (2 of 2)
satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
British. agreeing; assenting.
Archaic. willing.
to make content: These things content me.
the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment: His content was threatened.
(in the British House of Lords) an affirmative vote or voter.
Origin of content
2synonym study For content
Other words for content
Opposites for content
Other words from content
- con·tent·a·ble, adjective
- con·tent·ly, adverb
- con·tent·ness, noun
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How to use content in a sentence
To boost the reach of some of their sites’ content, some of Red’s sites have also forged partnerships with other media companies.
‘Helping people discover information’: How Red Ventures grew into a giant | Max Willens | September 16, 2020 | DigidayWe’re growing our media business overall, which includes news content, it includes video content that may be more top of funnel.
‘Helping people discover information’: How Red Ventures grew into a giant | Max Willens | September 16, 2020 | Digiday“The Pro Shop is really an affiliate marketing strategy on steroids,” DeChiaro said, and his goal for it is to “shorten the bridge between content and commerce.”
‘One endless loop’: How Golf is using its new retail marketplace as a first-party data play | Kayleigh Barber | September 16, 2020 | Digiday“Our third party fact checkers have rated this content which means it is not allowed to run as an ad and any organic posts will receive a label,” Kearns added.
Facebook slaps fact check on ads stoking fears about transgender kids in girls sports | Chris Johnson | September 15, 2020 | Washington BladeDiscovery-owned Eurosport lost around 4,500 hours of content and programming it had scheduled between March and August for its TV and over-the-top platforms amid coronavirus lockdowns — including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
‘We are permanently in beta’: European sports broadcasting is still in a coronavirus-forced state of reinvention | Lara O'Reilly | September 15, 2020 | Digiday
“It happens very often that the form smothers the content,” he says.
Christoph Waltz on Bond, Burton, and Channeling His Inner Darkness | Marlow Stern | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.
And while the HBOs and the Netflixs of the world are trying to deliver their content in new ways, so to are service providers.
Legacy content providers are increasingly offering their shows directly to viewers through the Internet.
This 16 percent, known as the “cut,” is colorless in nature, and it is “reaped” with a typical alcohol content of 69.8 percent.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIf we are to have a real education along lines of expression we must begin with the "content," or cause, of expression.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickFew whose estates might yield them ten thousand a year are content with nine thousand.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThere are many excellent makers, but we must content ourselves with briefly noticing the most prominent.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph Pearce
British Dictionary definitions for content (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒntɛnt) /
(often plural) everything that is inside a container: the contents of a box
(usually plural)
the chapters or divisions of a book
a list, printed at the front of a book, of chapters or divisions together with the number of the first page of each
the meaning or significance of a poem, painting, or other work of art, as distinguished from its style or form
all that is contained or dealt with in a discussion, piece of writing, etc; substance
the capacity or size of a thing
the proportion of a substance contained in an alloy, mixture, etc: the lead content of petrol
Origin of content
1British Dictionary definitions for content (2 of 2)
/ (kənˈtɛnt) /
mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are
assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed course of action, etc
(tr) to make (oneself or another person) content or satisfied: to content oneself with property
peace of mind; mental or emotional satisfaction
British (in the House of Lords) a formal expression of assent, as opposed to the expression not content
Origin of content
2Derived forms of content
- contently, adverb
- contentment, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with content
see to one's heart's content.
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