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content¹ Definition

con·tent (kən tent′)

adjective

  1. happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied
  2. willing: used in the British House of Lords as an affirmative vote
  3. Archaic pleased

Etymology: OFr < L contentus, pp. of continere: see contain

transitive verb

to make content; satisfy: often used reflexively

noun

contentment

content² Definition

con·tent (kän′tent′)

noun

    1. all that is contained in something; everything inside the contents of a jar, trunk, etc.
    2. all that is contained or dealt with in a writing or speech a table of contents
    1. all that is dealt with in a course or area of study, work of art, discussion, etc.
    2. essential meaning; substance the content of a poem as distinguished from its form
  3. Rare
    1. a holding power; capacity
    2. volume or area
  4. the amount (of a specified substance) contained iron with a high carbon content

Etymology: ME < ML contentum (pl. contenta), orig. neut. pp. of L continere: see contain

content Synonyms

content

modif.

appeased, gratified, comfortable; see happy 1, satisfied. See syn. study at satisfied.

content Usage Examples

Converse of object

skip: Skip the content and go to the main contact details for Birmingham university President's introduction This is your charter.

Adjective modifier

  • fat: Much most effective way to limit calorie intake, therefore, is to reduce the fat content of the diet.
  • entire: You can view the entire contents of this website without registering or ( if you have registered ) without logging in.
  • main: Please scroll down to see the main content of this page.
  • digital: Arguing for one institutional archive for digital contents is akin to calling for a single web site for an institution.
  • editorial: Under current OFCOM regulations the advertiser cannot affect the editorial content of the programs.
  • recycled: It is not always easy to determine the recycled fiber content.

Modifies a noun

  • copyright: Site Search All content copyright © The University of Edinburgh 2006.
  • provider: This optional feature allows content providers to limit the scope of their labels to their own domains.
  • creation: In the world of content creation this means that people with narrow skills bases need to work together to create marketable content.

Noun used with modifier

  • moisture: Each material has its own wholly specific equilibrium moisture content.
  • outline: Outline content: Spiders are common in a wide range of terrestrial habitats and are of major importance in biological pest control.
  • multimedia: This creates an extremely attractive market for MVNO operators that can provide unique mobile communications services with various specialized features and multimedia contents.
  • salt: Don't add salt to your food when cooking and at the table and be more aware of the salt content of pre-prepared foods.
  • mineral: Another experiment examined yield, vitamin and mineral content of organic and conventional potatoes and sweet corn over 3 years [ 4 ] .
  • web: The Customer may wish to use one of the available filtering software products to help prevent access to certain web content.

Preposition: of

  • websites: ACT is not responsible for the content of external websites or message board postings.
  • website: The Editor claims copyright in the content of the website.
  • site: RM is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Preposition: by

rights-holders: They do not constitute any form of endorsement of this site or its contents by the rights-holders concerned.