# content

Pronunciation: say "KON-tent" US /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/, UK /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/

## Noun

1. Videos, posts, articles, music and other material made to be shared with an audience, especially online; also, colloquially, anything that could be turned into such material.
   - Simple: Videos, posts, articles and similar things made to share with an audience, especially online, or things that could become them.
   - _The platform rewards creators who upload content regularly._
   - _Much of the festival's content was filmed for later release._
2. The subject matter or information contained in writing, speech, video, or similar media.
   - Simple: The information, ideas, or material found in a book, video, or other work.
   - _The report's content was accurate, though its tone felt dry._
   - _Teachers review each lesson's content before sharing it with students._
3. That which is held or stored within a container or space.
   - Simple: What is held inside a box, bottle, or container.
   - _When the movers dropped the crate, its contents spilled across the driveway and most of the dishes broke._
   - _Customs officers opened the crate and carefully listed its contents, from old tools to a bundle of letters._
5. The amount of a particular substance present within a material, food, or product.
   - Simple: How much of a certain substance is inside a food, drink, or material.
   - _Engineers measured the moisture content of the soil samples._
   - _Foods with high fiber content aid digestion._
7. A state of quiet satisfaction and happiness, or something that brings it. *(literary)* (pronounced: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/)
   - Simple: A calm, happy feeling of being satisfied, or what gives you that feeling.
   - _On rainy Sundays she stayed in bed and read to her heart's content._
   - _The old sailor spent his final years by the harbor in peace and content._

## Adjective

4. Feeling satisfied and at ease, wanting nothing more than what one has. (pronounced: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/)
   - Simple: Happy with what you have and not wanting anything more.
   - _After years of struggle, they were finally content with their simple life._
   - _The cat seemed perfectly content curled up by the fire._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/

6. To give someone satisfaction or contentment; to make a person happy.
   - Simple: To make someone feel happy and satisfied.
   - _Once he retired, it contented him to sit on the porch and watch the evening traffic go by._
   - _Nothing seemed to content the restless toddler that night._

## Interjection

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/

8. An archaic exclamation expressing agreement or assent: roughly, 'very well, agreed.' *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Used long ago to say 'fine' or 'agreed.'

## Noun

9. Acceptance of something without examining or questioning it. *(obsolete)* (pronounced: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/)
   - Simple: Agreement to something without checking it first.
12. The capacity of a container: how much it is able to hold. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The amount that something is able to hold.

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-TENT" /kənˈtɛnt/

10. To satisfy someone's expectations; to pay or repay what is owed. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To pay someone or give them what they expected.

## Adjective

11. Held or enclosed within something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Held inside something else.

## Other meanings

- (noun) The measure of space enclosed by a shape, generalizing length, area, and volume to any number of dimensions.
- (noun) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients of a polynomial.
- (noun) In the House of Lords, a vote in favor of a bill or motion, or a member who votes in favor.

## Origin

**Meanings 4, 6–10** — Latin continēre ("to contain") had the past participle contentus ("contained, satisfied"), which led to Middle English contenten ("to satisfy").
**Meanings 1–3, 5, 11–12** — From Middle English content, from Latin contentus, the past participle of continēre ("to hold in, contain"), the same source as the adjective. English apparently developed a noun from the adjective.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/content (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).