content

Pronunciation

noun

• enPR: kŏn'tĕnt
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /'kɒntɛnt/, SAMPA: /"kQntEnt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /'kɑntɛnt/, SAMPA: /"kAntEnt/

• Audio (US)

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adjective

• enPR: kəntĕnt'
• IPA ^(key): /kən'tɛnt/
• SAMPA: /k@n"tEnt

Noun

Singular content

Plural contents

Content is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (countable) (usually plural) The contents of a container, such as a bag, a file, a book etc., are the things that are in it.

   A couple of green plastic bags had torn open, and the contents had spilled out onto the floor.

   Scientists examined the contents of the dead bird's stomach.

   The students were generally happy with the course content and the instructor.

   More writing could improve students' content knowledge as well as their writing skills.

2. (countable) (singular) The fat, water, alcohol, etc. content of something is the amount of that substance in something else.

   The red wine had a deep color and high alcohol content.

3. (uncountable) Content is the feeling of being happy and satisfied.

   She could sleep to her heart's content.

Related words

• table of contents

Adjective

Positive content

Comparative more content

Superlative most content

1. (not before a noun) If someone is content, they are happy and satisfied.

   She had always been perfectly content to live in the city.

   Women with many friends are actually less content with their lives than those with a smaller group of friends.

Related words

• contented
• contentment
• contentedly
• contently

Verb

Plain form content

Third-person singular contents

Past tense contented

Past participle contented

Present participle contenting

1. (transitive) If somebody contents themselves with something, they accept it even though they wanted something different.