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content
A	noun
	1	subject, content, depicted object
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚subject, content, depicted object
	2	content, cognitive content, mental object
			the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content, cognitive content, mental object ╚unbelief; disbelief ╚belief ╚representation; mental representation; internal representation ╚wisdom ╚kernel; substance; core; center; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; marrow; meat; nub; pith; sum; nitty-gritty ╚idea; thought ╚issue ╚topic; subject; issue; matter ╚universe; universe of discourse ╚noumenon; thing-in-itself ╚food; food for thought; intellectual nourishment ╚object ╚tradition
	3	message, content, subject matter, substance
			what a communication that is about something is about
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message, content, subject matter, substance ╚refusal ╚acknowledgment; acknowledgement ╚drivel; garbage ╚nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum ╚meaning; significance; signification; import ╚digression; aside; excursus; divagation; parenthesis ╚subject; topic; theme ╚latent content ╚memorial ╚request; petition; postulation ╚reminder ╚corker ╚body
	4	content
			everything that is included in a collection; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage ╚content
	5	capacity, content
			the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚volume ╚capacity, content ╚vital capacity
	6	content
			the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚magnitude relation; quantitative relation ╚ratio ╚quotient ╚proportion; proportionality ╚content
	7	contentedness, content
			the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
		Category Tree: state ╚situation; state of affairs ╚acceptance ╚contentedness, content
B	verb
	1	content
			satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚decrease; lessen; minify ╚limit; circumscribe; confine ╚content
	2	content
			make content; "I am contented"
		Category Tree: satisfy; gratify ╚content
C	adjective
	1	contented, content
			satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"

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