Meaning & use
digital content
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Meanings
noununcountable
any material such as text, images, sound, or video that is stored and delivered in digital form
Grammar: Uncountable: say 'digital content' or 'a piece of digital content', not 'a digital content'.
Patterns
- create digital content
- share digital content
- access digital content
- digital content on something
The website offers free digital content, including videos and articles.
Teachers now use digital content to make lessons more interesting.
The company pays writers to produce digital content for its social media channels.
noununcountablebusiness
the material, such as music, films, or software, that is sold or distributed online rather than on physical media
Grammar: Still uncountable; often used in business contexts about selling or licensing.
Patterns
- sell digital content
- download digital content
- digital content market
The studio earns most of its money from digital content rather than DVDs.
New rules protect people who buy digital content online.
Streaming services are a major part of the digital content industry.
Common combinations
- create digital content
- She creates digital content for a travel blog.
- share digital content
- Users can share digital content with their friends.
- access digital content
- You need a subscription to access digital content on this site.
- digital content provider
- The company is a leading digital content provider in Asia.
- digital content market
- The digital content market is growing rapidly.
Synonyms and how they differ
- online material
- A more general phrase that can include anything found on the internet, not just professionally produced content.
- media
- Often refers to news and entertainment organizations or to the physical forms of communication; 'digital content' is broader and more technical.
Word family
Commonly confused: digital content or digital continent?
digital content vs digital continent
Not a real term; learners may confuse 'content' with 'continent' because they sound similar. 'Digital content' is the correct phrase.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'digital content' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Digital content' is uncountable, so it cannot take 'a' or be used as a verb. Only option 1 uses it correctly as an uncountable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “digital content”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.