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Noun content has 7 senses
- content - everything that is included in a collection; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
--1 is a kind of list, listing; table, tabular array; collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage; list, listing; table, tabular array; collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--1 is a part of
- message, content, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
--2 is a kind of communication; communication
--2 has particulars: | body; corker; reminder; request, petition, postulation; memorial; latent content; subject, topic, theme; digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis; meaning, significance, signification, import; nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum; drivel, garbage; acknowledgment, acknowledgement; refusal; information, info; guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction; commitment, dedication; approval, commendation; disapproval; respects; disrespect, discourtesy; interpolation, insertion; statement; statement; wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness; opinion, view; direction, instruction; proposal; offer, offering; submission, entry; narrative, narration, story, tale; promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging; sensationalism; shocker |
- content - the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
--3 is a kind of proportion, proportionality; proportion, proportionality
- capacity, content - the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
--4 is a kind of volume; volume
--4 has particulars: vital capacity
- content, cognitive content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
--5 is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis; cognition, knowledge, noesis
--5 has particulars: | tradition; object; food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment; noumenon, thing-in-itself; universe, universe of discourse; topic, subject, issue, matter; issue; idea, thought; kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty; wisdom; representation, mental representation, internal representation; belief; unbelief, disbelief; goal, end; education; experience; acculturation, culture; lore, traditional knowledge; ignorance; knowledge domain, knowledge base; metaknowledge |
- contentedness, content - the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
--6 is a kind of acceptance; acceptance
- subject, content, depicted object - 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"
--7 is a kind of thing; thing
--7 is a part of
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