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- Dictionarycontent/kənˈtɛnt/
adjective
- 1. in a state of peaceful happiness: "he seemed more content, less bitter"
verb
- 1. satisfy (someone): "nothing would content her apart from going off to Barcelona"
noun
- 1. a state of satisfaction: "the greater part of the century was a time of content"
- 2. a member of the British House of Lords who votes for a particular motion.
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My (AusE) intuition is that the "contented" has a warmer, fuzzier feeling associated with it. I'd guess that comes from its use in literature ("They lay down, contentedly in front of the fire."), whereas the shorter form is commonly used in modern newspapers ("The union said they were content with the current arrangement.")
Feb 21, 2011 · According to ldoce: contents [plural] : 1) the things that are inside a box, bag, room etc 2) the things that are written in a letter, book etc. She kept the contents of the letter a secret. content [singular] the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink. water with a low salt content.
Nov 28, 2014 · a. substance or significance of a work, especially as contrasted with its form. The proportion of a specified substance: Eggs have a high protein content. and finally (with a different pronunciation) Contentment; satisfaction. The noun content is not often used to indicate the state of being happy. It is, however, used as an adjective or ...
Feb 3, 2012 · However I am wondering whether file content or file contents is more correct. On the one hand, the content of a file is a finite sequence of bytes, hence contents would be appropriate. On the other hand, those bytes represent some entity (an image, for example), to which I would refer as the file's content. Is this distinction correct, or am I ...
Nov 27, 2011 · @Kris, in this case, the absolute quantity is a given. Whatever the something is — a book, an article, whatever — it has a certain length. What the OP wants (I think) is a way to say that within that length, there is a large amount of actual content, i.e. very little fluff or filler. This is precisely what "dense" means. –
Apr 21, 2023 · Table of Contents is the correct form. Leaving off the 's' is simply a typo or a mistake. The contents of something refer to what the thing contains, like the contents of a jar, or a book. You wouldn't say the 'content of a jar'. When used as singular, the meaning is more abstract, eg. 'the content of one's character', rather like it's value.
May 7, 2020 · "Type of content" is a very vague term, as "type" refers to any sort of classification. However if it specifically isn't the "topic" then it probably means the format or medium - for example, is it a journal article, a blog post, a video lecture, etc.
Jun 18, 2011 · 2. The definition is given by Wiktionary to mean: The replaying of previously recorded sound or moving images. The reason -back was added, was because, this was a "replay" of a previously recorded media article. The origin of the expression is from the phrase "play back" (which is different from "playback") Origin: 1925–30; noun use of verb ...
Jun 19, 2020 · Actually this is not a bad question. When you make a statement and the reply comes back "Noted," you can assume that you have been over-sharing, discussing topics the other person finds objectionable or uncomfortable, or violating some other social taboo.
a suffixal use of wise - in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.: counterclockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise. To simplify this definition, you can think of -wise as "in the direction of", "in the manner of" or "with regard to", depending on the situation. The sentence you provided falls obviously in the third case.
