content¹

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/ UK /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/ See IPA manual

contents; information; amount

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Homographs: content² /kənˈtɛnt/ — satisfied; to satisfy

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
The things that are inside something such as a container, bag, or room.

They emptied the contents of their pockets onto the table.
2

noun
The information, ideas, or subject matter of a book, speech, message, or website.

The content of the message was unclear to me.
3

noun
The amount of a particular substance that something contains.

This drink has a high sugar content.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the information, ideas, or... substance

Word family

Forms contentedcontentingcontentsuncontent

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Phrases (1)

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cognitive content
the knowledge, perceptions, or ideas held in the mind

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.

Topics

Emotions & Feelings

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