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CONTENT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

Example:

a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

Synonyms:

content; depicted object; subject

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

thing (a separate and self-contained entity)

Holonyms ("content" is a part of...):

scene; view (graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Synonyms:

cognitive content; content; mental object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "content"):

metaknowledge (knowledge about knowledge)

domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain (the content of a particular field of knowledge)

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

lore; traditional knowledge (knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote)

acculturation; culture (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)

experience (the content of direct observation or participation in an event)

education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction)

end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

disbelief; unbelief (a rejection of belief)

kenosis (the concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism)

tradition (an inherited pattern of thought or action)

object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)

food; food for thought; intellectual nourishment (anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking)

noumenon; thing-in-itself (the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception)

universe; universe of discourse (everything stated or assumed in a given discussion)

issue; matter; subject; topic (some situation or event that is thought about)

issue (an important question that is in dispute and must be settled)

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)

wisdom (accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment)

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Sense 3

Meaning:

What a communication that is about something is about

Synonyms:

content; message; subject matter; substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "content"):

disapproval (the expression of disapproval)

respects ((often used with 'pay') a formal expression of esteem)

discourtesy; disrespect (an expression of lack of respect)

insertion; interpolation (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted)

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

statement (a nonverbal message)

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

opinion; view (a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof)

direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)

proposal (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))

offer; offering (something offered (as a proposal or bid))

entry; submission (something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition))

narration; narrative; story; tale (a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program)

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

sensationalism (subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes)

shocker (a sensational message (in a film or play or novel))

body (the central message of a communication)

corker ((dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person)

reminder (a message that helps you remember something)

petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)

memorial (a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority)

latent content ((psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream)

subject; theme; topic (the subject matter of a conversation or discussion)

aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis (a message that departs from the main subject)

import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

drivel; garbage (a worthless message)

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

refusal (a message refusing to accept something that is offered)

info; information (a message received and understood)

counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)

commitment; dedication (a message that makes a pledge)

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

Example:

the two groups were similar in content

Synonyms:

content; contents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The amount that can be contained

Example:

the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons

Synonyms:

capacity; content

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

volume (the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "content"):

vital capacity (the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue)

Derivation:

contain (contain or hold; have within)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The state of being contented with your situation in life

Example:

they could read to their heart's content

Synonyms:

content; contentedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("content" is a kind of...):

acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)

Derivation:

content (satisfy in a limited way)

content (make content)

content (satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are

Example:

a contented smile

Synonyms:

content; contented

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

complacent; self-complacent; self-satisfied (contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions)

satisfied (filled with satisfaction)

self-satisfied; smug (marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction)

Also:

happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure)

pleased (experiencing or manifesting pleasure)

Derivation:

content (the state of being contented with your situation in life)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Satisfy in a limited way

Example:

He contented himself with one glass of beer per day

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "content" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

content (the state of being contented with your situation in life)

contentment (happiness with one's situation in life)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make content

Example:

I am contented

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "content" is one way to...):

gratify; satisfy (make happy or satisfied)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The good news will content her

Antonym:

discontent (make dissatisfied)

Derivation:

content (the state of being contented with your situation in life)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I fell in the sand with her, and, when I had recovered, contented myself with putting my hands under her shoulders and dragging her up the beach to the hut.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The note was immediately dispatched, and its contents as quickly complied with.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Why, it's them that, not content with printin' lies on paper an' preachin' them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin' them on the tombstones.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Fast fatigue-resistant fibers, also called red fibers, have a large mitochondrial content and a high myoglobin content, related to their resistance to fatigue.

(Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Skeletal muscle fibers having low myofibrillar ATPase activity, low glycogen content, and high myoglobin content, high mitochondrial oxidative enzyme activities, and an intermediate mitochondrial content which produce a slow twitch and are fatigue-resistant.

(Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

M. gastri is found in soil and water, occasionally in human stomach contents, is rarely associated with human disease and may be considered nonpathogenic.

(Mycobacterium gastri, NCI Thesaurus)

Expelling the contents of the stomach and the sensations associated with it.

(Nausea and Vomiting, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus, the contents of nanospheres can be released upon activation.

(Nanosphere, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of content of amount of substance measured as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of the mixture.

(Molinity Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of amount of substance content (molality unit) defined as one mole of solute per one milligram of solvent.

(Mole per Milligram, NCI Thesaurus)