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con·tent1

[kon-tent] Pronunciation Key

–noun

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.

5.	that which may be perceived in something: the latent versus the manifest content of a dream.

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 ME (< AF) < ML contentum, n. use of neut. of L contentus (ptp. of continére to contain), equiv. to con- con- + ten- hold + -tus ptp. suffix

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con·tent¹ (kŏn'těnt') Pronunciation Key
n.

Something contained, as in a receptacle. Often used in the plural: the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can.
1. The individual items or topics that are dealt with in a publication or document. Often used in the plural: a table of contents.
2. The material, including text and images, that constitutes a publication or document.
3. 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).
4. The meaning or significance of a literary or artistic work.
1. 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).
2. The meaning or significance of a literary or artistic work.
The proportion of a specified substance: Eggs have a high protein content.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin contentum, neuter past participle of Latin continēre, to contain; see contain.]

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con·tent² (kən-těnt') Pronunciation Key
adj.

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.

tr.v. con·tent·ed, con·tent·ing, con·tents
To make content or satisfied: contented himself with one piece of cake.

n. Contentment; satisfaction.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre, to restrain; see contain.]

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contents

1526, from L. contentum (pl. contenta), neut. pp. of continere (see contain).

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