content

⁴con·tent

noun \ˈkän-ˌtent\

Definition of CONTENT

1

a : something contained —usually used in plural <the jar's contents> <the drawer's contents> b : the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents> c : the principal substance (as written matter, illustrations, or music) offered by a World Wide Web site <Internet users have evolved an ethos of free content in the Internet — Ben Gerson>

2

a : substance, gist b : meaning, significance c : the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art — compare form 10b

3

a : the matter dealt with in a field of study b : a part, element, or complex of parts

4

: the amount of specified material contained : proportion

Origin of CONTENT

Middle English, from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre to contain

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody