contents
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tɛnt noun
1.
Usually, contents.
a.
something that is contained: the contents of a box.
b.
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
c.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document: a table of contents.
2.
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.
3.
significance or profundity; meaning: a clever play that lacks content.
4.
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 Web site, but without much content.
6.
Philosophy, Logic. the sum of the attributes or notions comprised in a given conception; the substance or matter of cognition.
7.
power of containing; holding capacity: The bowl's content is three quarts.
8.
volume, area, or extent; size.
9.
the amount contained.
10.
Linguistics. the system of meanings or semantic values specific to a language ( opposed to expression ).
11.
a.
Mathematics. the greatest common divisor of all the coefficients of a given polynomial. Compare primitive polynomial.
b.
any abstraction of the concept of length, area, or volume.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin contentum, noun use of neuter of Latin contentus (past participle of continēre to contain), equivalent to con- con- + ten- hold + -tus past participle suffix
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin contentum, noun use of neuter of Latin contentus (past participle of continēre to contain), equivalent to con- con- + ten- hold + -tus past participle suffix
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Contents
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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adjective
1.
satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
2.
British. agreeing; assenting.
3.
Archaic. willing.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make content: These things content me.
noun
5.
the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment: His content was threatened.
6.
(in the British House of Lords) an affirmative vote or voter.
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content1 (ˈkɒntɛnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) everything that is inside a container: the contents of a box |
| 2. | (usually plural) |
| a. the chapters or divisions of a book | |
| b. a list, printed at the front of a book, of chapters or divisions together with the number of the first page of each | |
| 3. | the meaning or significance of a poem, painting, or other work of art, as distinguished from its style or form |
| 4. | all that is contained or dealt with in a discussion, piece of writing, etc; substance |
| 5. | the capacity or size of a thing |
| 6. | the proportion of a substance contained in an alloy, mixture, etc: the lead content of petrol |
| [C15: from Latin contentus contained, from continēre to | |
| content2 (kənˈtɛnt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are |
| 2. | assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed course of action, etc |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to make (oneself or another person) content or satisfied: to content oneself with property |
| —n | |
| 4. | peace of mind; mental or emotional satisfaction |
| —interj | |
| 5. | (Brit) (in the House of Lords) a formal expression of assent, as opposed to the expression not content |
| [C14: from Old French, from Latin contentus contented, that is, having restrained desires, from continēre to restrain] | |
| con'tently2 | |
| —adv | |
| con'tentment2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
content
early 15c., from M.Fr. contenter, from content (adj.), c.1400, from L. contentus "contained, satisfied," pp. of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already
has. Related: Contented (1520s); contentedly (1550s); contently (17c., superseded by contentedly).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
content con·tent (kŏn'těnt')
n.
Something contained, as in a receptacle.
The proportion of a specified substance present in something else, as of protein in a food.
The subject matter or essential meaning of something, especially a dream.
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Example sentences
When he took the capsules out two hours later, the contents had turned into tens of thousands of different compounds.
In a world with no one left to bury the bad stuff, decaying chemical containers would slowly expose their lethal contents.
Pack footwear on top of other contents in your luggage.
The heading is not justified by the contents of the study.
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