1. (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
   "he emptied the contents of his pockets";
   - content
    
2. A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
   "He scanned the table of contents to find the relevant chapter";
   - table of contents

1. What a communication is about; the information conveyed or area of interest
   "The content of the lecture was climate change";
   - message, subject matter, substance
    
2. The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
   "The alcohol content of the wine was 12%"
    
3. The amount that can be contained
   "The content of the storage tank was measured in gallons";
   - capacity
    
4. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
   "The lecture expanded the students' cognitive content on the subject";
   - cognitive content, mental object
    
5. 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 content";
   - subject, depicted object

1. Make or become satisfied
   "I am contented"

Derived forms: contentses

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, cognition, collection, communication, gratify, list, listing, noesis [technical], proportion, satisfy, table, tabular array, thing, volume

Antonym: discontent

Part of: publication, scene, view

Encyclopedia: Contents