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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "content",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the things that are contained in something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He tipped the contents of the bag onto the table."
},
{
"text": "Fire has caused severe damage to the contents of the building."
},
{
"text": "She hadn't read the letter and so was unaware of its contents."
},
{
"text": "She picked up the glass and drank the contents."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + contents": ["dump", "empty", "pour"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the different sections that are contained in a book",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **table of contents** *(= the list at the front of a book)*"
},
{
"text": "a contents page"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the subject matter of a book, speech, programme, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her poetry has a good deal of political content."
},
{
"text": "Your tone of voice is as important as the content of what you have to say."
},
{
"text": "The content of the course depends on what the students would like to study."
},
{
"text": "This study is based on a content analysis of press coverage of the president during his time in office."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["original", "quality", "rich"],
"verb + content": ["create", "deliver", "provide"],
"content + noun": ["provider"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the amount of a substance that is contained in something else",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "food with a high **fat content**"
},
{
"text": "**water/moisture/protein/DNA content**"
},
{
"text": "the alcohol content of a drink"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "low", "alcohol"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the information or other material contained on a website or other digital media",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**digital/video/online content**"
},
{
"text": "We plan to spend more on **creating content** for the website."
},
{
"text": "**delivering** premium **content** to users"
},
{
"text": "a method of **sharing content** over the internet"
},
{
"text": "to **stream/access/consume/view content**"
},
{
"text": "**content management**"
},
{
"text": "The way people are accessing their Web content is changing."
},
{
"text": "They haven't updated the content of their site."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntent/",
"audio": "xc/content/xcontent__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntent/",
"audio": "xc/content/xcontent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin contentum (plural contenta ‘things contained’), neuter past participle of continere from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’."
}