content
con|tent pro|vid|er (content providers)
[N-COUNT]
A content provider is a company that supplies material such as text, music, or images for use on websites. (COMPUTING)
...content providers such as MSN and Freeserve.♦ con|tent1 /k'ɒntent/ (content contents) NOUN USES
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with supp, oft N of n
The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
Empty the contents of the pan into the sieve...
Sandon Hall and its contents will be auctioned by Sotheby's on October 6.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl, usu N of n
If you refer to the content or contents of something such as a book, speech, or television programme, you are referring to the subject that it deals with, the story that it tells, or the ideas that it expresses.
She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play...
The letter's contents were not disclosed.
3 [N-PLURAL]
The contents of a book are its different chapters and sections, usually shown in a list at the beginning of the book.
There is no initial list of contents.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
The content of something such as an educational course or a programme of action is the elements that it consists of.
Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff...
5 [N-SING] n N
You can use content to refer to the amount or proportion of something that a substance contains.
Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter...con|tent2 /kənt'ent/ (content contents contenting contented) ADJECTIVE AND VERB USES
Please look at category 4 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, ADJ to-inf, ADJ with n/-ing
If you are content with something, you are willing to accept it, rather than wanting something more or something better.
I'm perfectly content with the way the campaign has gone...
Not content with rescuing one theatre, Sally Green has taken on another.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are content, you are fairly happy or satisfied.
He says his daughter is quite content.
3 [VERB] V pron-refl with n, V pron-refl with/by -ing
If you content yourself with something, you accept it and do not try to do or have other things.
He wisely contented himself with his family and his love of nature...
Most manufacturers content themselves with updating existing models.
4
to your heart's content: see heart
[N-COUNT]
A content provider is a company that supplies material such as text, music, or images for use on websites. (COMPUTING)
...content providers such as MSN and Freeserve.♦ con|tent1 /k'ɒntent/ (content contents) NOUN USES
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with supp, oft N of n
The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
Empty the contents of the pan into the sieve...
Sandon Hall and its contents will be auctioned by Sotheby's on October 6.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl, usu N of n
If you refer to the content or contents of something such as a book, speech, or television programme, you are referring to the subject that it deals with, the story that it tells, or the ideas that it expresses.
She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play...
The letter's contents were not disclosed.
3 [N-PLURAL]
The contents of a book are its different chapters and sections, usually shown in a list at the beginning of the book.
There is no initial list of contents.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
The content of something such as an educational course or a programme of action is the elements that it consists of.
Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff...
5 [N-SING] n N
You can use content to refer to the amount or proportion of something that a substance contains.
Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter...con|tent2 /kənt'ent/ (content contents contenting contented) ADJECTIVE AND VERB USES
Please look at category 4 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, ADJ to-inf, ADJ with n/-ing
If you are content with something, you are willing to accept it, rather than wanting something more or something better.
I'm perfectly content with the way the campaign has gone...
Not content with rescuing one theatre, Sally Green has taken on another.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you are content, you are fairly happy or satisfied.
He says his daughter is quite content.
3 [VERB] V pron-refl with n, V pron-refl with/by -ing
If you content yourself with something, you accept it and do not try to do or have other things.
He wisely contented himself with his family and his love of nature...
Most manufacturers content themselves with updating existing models.
4
to your heart's content: see heart