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| n. (group) | 1. content | 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" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (communication) | 2. content, message, subject matter, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ body | the central message of a communication.; "the body of the message was short" |
| ~ corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.; "that story was a corker" |
| ~ reminder | a message that helps you remember something.; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | 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.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ digression, divagation, excursus, aside, parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ drivel, garbage | a worthless message. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ dedication, commitment | a message that makes a pledge. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ disapproval | the expression of disapproval. |
| ~ respects | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.; "he paid his respects to the mayor" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ insertion, interpolation | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | 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.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ submission, entry | 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).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ 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.; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| ~ sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. |
| ~ shocker | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. |
| ~ proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| ~ volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. cognitive content, content, mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action. |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food | 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 of discourse, universe | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion. |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ unbelief, disbelief | a rejection of belief. |
| ~ heresy, unorthodoxy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| ~ acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" |
| ~ ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ metaknowledge | knowledge about knowledge. |
| n. (state) | 6. content, contentedness | the state of being contented with your situation in life.; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. content, depicted object, subject | 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" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. content | make content.; "I am contented" |
| ~ gratify, satisfy | make happy or satisfied. |
| adj. | 10. content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" |
| ~ satisfied | filled with satisfaction.; "a satisfied customer" |
| ~ self-satisfied, smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
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