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US
/ˈkɑntɛnt, kənˈtɛnt/
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NOUN
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the amount that can be contained
the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject - what a communication that is about something is about
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(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
he emptied the contents of his pockets
the two groups were similar in content -
the state of being contented with your situation in life
they could read to their heart's content
he relaxed in sleepy contentedness - the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
VERB
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make content
I am contented -
satisfy in a limited way
He contented himself with one glass of beer per day
ADJECTIVE
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satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
a contented smile
How To Use content In A Sentence
- If you unzip our sample document and load content.xml into a text editor, you should notice a few things.
- Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
- And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence. The Voyage of the Space Beagle
- They are hired to crack a safe, photograph the contents of a locked briefcase inside, and return it to the owner without him knowing.
- Somehow, they gathered themselves to beat Limerick in the first round of the qualifiers but the core discontent hadn't been addressed.
- I mean, who doesn't want a product that is easier to use, has less locking contention, minimizes storage administration, makes access to administrative data easier, and so on?
- A reduced short chain fatty acid concentration has also been reported in pouch contents from patients with pouchitis compared with those without.
- The former, namely, covetoufnefs, is a very mean and fordid palTion — refllefs, im - patient — and never contented With its A a prefent Sermons on practical subjects
- Kij: Nice to see Dream-Quest receive such prominence with that fantastic Gervasio Gallardo cover, inseparable from the contents thanks to childhood associations very similar to yours. MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves
- In the end, though, Smith was beginning to realise the futility of trying to liberate a proletariat that seemed quite content to remain unliberated.
