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content

Adjective

Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are (synset 300591490)
"a contented smile"
also:
- happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure
similar to:
- complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied - contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
- satisfied - filled with satisfaction
- self-satisfied, smug - marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
same as: contented

Noun

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something (synset 107971643)
"he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"

is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

same as: contents
What a communication that is about something is about (synset 106611268)
is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
subtypes:
- body - the central message of a communication
- corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
- reminder - a message that helps you remember something
- petition, postulation, request - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- memorial - a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
- latent content - (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream
- subject, theme, topic - the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- aside, digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis - a message that departs from the main subject
- import, meaning, significance, signification - the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality - a message that seems to convey no meaning
- drivel, garbage - a worthless message
- acknowledgement, acknowledgment - a statement acknowledging something or someone
- refusal - a message refusing to accept something that is offered
- info, information - a message received and understood
- counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- commitment, dedication - a message that makes a pledge
- approval, commendation - a message expressing a favorable opinion
- disapproval - the expression of disapproval
- respects - (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
- discourtesy, disrespect - an expression of lack of respect
- insertion, interpolation - a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
- statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- statement - a nonverbal message
- humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- opinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- direction, instruction - a message describing how something is to be done
- proposal - something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
- offer, offering - something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- entry, submission - something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
- narration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- packaging, promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
- sensationalism - subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
- shocker - a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
same as: message, subject matter, substance
The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. (synset 113838733)
is a type of: proportion - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
The amount that can be contained (synset 113801586)
"the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"

is a type of: volume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

subtypes: vital capacity - the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue

same as: capacity
The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned (synset 105817200)
is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
subtypes:
- tradition - an inherited pattern of thought or action
- object - the focus of cognitions or feelings
- food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- noumenon, thing-in-itself - the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
- universe, universe of discourse - everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
- issue, matter, subject, topic - some situation or event that is thought about
- issue - an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- belief - any cognitive content held as true
- kenosis - the concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism
- disbelief, unbelief - a rejection of belief
- heresy, unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
- end, goal - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- acculturation, culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- lore, traditional knowledge - knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- ignorance - the lack of knowledge or education
- domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge
- metaknowledge - knowledge about knowledge
same as: cognitive content, mental object
The state of being contented with your situation in life (synset 114436286)
"he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"

is a type of: acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted

same as: contentedness
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation (synset 104354303)
"a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

is a type of: thing - a separate and self-contained entity

is a part of: scene, view - graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

same as: depicted object, subject

Verb

Satisfy in a limited way (synset 201196771)
"He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"

is a type of: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy - fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
Make content (synset 201820811)
"I am contented"

is a type of: gratify, satisfy - make happy or satisfied

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