content: meaning and definitions

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What is content?

What is content?

  • The individual items or topics that are dealt with in a publication or document. Often used in the plural: a table of contents.
  • Something contained, as in a receptacle. Often used in the plural: the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can.
  • The material, including text and images, that constitutes a publication or document.
  • The substantive or meaningful part: "The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially content which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit” ( Frederick Turner).
  • The meaning or significance of a literary or artistic work.
  • The proportion of a specified substance: Eggs have a high protein content.
  • Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.
  • Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing: She was content to step down after four years as chief executive.
  • To make content or satisfied: contented himself with one piece of cake.
  • Contentment; satisfaction.

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