noun
- Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.
- usage: "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
- What a communication that is about something is about.
- synonyms: message, subject matter, substance
- The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc..
- The amount that can be contained.
- usage: "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
- synonyms: capacity
- The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned.
- synonyms: cognitive content, mental object
- The state of being contented with your situation in life.
- usage: "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
- synonyms: contentedness
- Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.
- usage: "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
- synonyms: subject, depicted object
verb
- Satisfy in a limited way.
- usage: "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
- Make content.
- usage: "I am contented"
adjective
- Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.
- usage: "a contented smile"
- synonyms: contented
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