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noun

content

KAHN-tent/ˈkɑːntent/

What is contained within something.

The book's content includes pictures of each stage of a butterfly's life.

An open illustrated nature book displays its informational content: clearly printed pictures of a butterfly’s egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult butterfly across the pages.
Etymology
conLatintogether
+tentLatinto hold

“Holding together” or enclosing gives the literal idea of things kept within something. The noun applies that idea to material inside a container or information within a document.

In context

Mayo Proceedings3:32
include healthy dietary advice as a part of their care for normal weight individuals with metabolic abnormalities thank you for your listening we hope you found this presentation from the content of Mayo Clinic proceedings valuable
Diet and Mortality Risk in Metabolically Obese Normal-Weight Adults

More examples

  • This cereal has a low sugar content.
  • She empties the contents of her bag onto the table.
  • The table of contents lists each chapter and its page number.

Forms

content · contents

Similar words

material
Emphasizes information used for a particular purpose or work.
substance
Emphasizes essential meaning rather than every detail presented.