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- 1 Satisfied, pleased, contented.
"This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment."
- 2 Contained. obsolete
- 1 satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are wordnet
- 1 Alright, agreed. archaic
- 1 Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure. uncountable
"They were in a state of sleepy content after supper."
- 2 That which is contained. uncountable
- 3 something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation wordnet
- 4 Acquiescence without examination. obsolete, uncountable
"The sense they humbly take upon content."
- 5 Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. countable, uncountable
"Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable."
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- 6 the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned wordnet
- 7 That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. uncountable
"So will I in England work your grace's full content."
- 8 Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works. broadly, uncountable
"Some online video creators upload new content every day."
- 9 content communicating a message; what something is about wordnet
- 10 An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote. UK, uncountable
- 11 Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works.; The potential of creative work for a content creator. Internet, broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable
"He moved to California for the content."
- 12 (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something wordnet
- 13 A member who votes in assent. UK, metonymically, uncountable
- 14 The amount of material contained. countable, uncountable
"Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer."
- 15 the amount that can be contained wordnet
- 16 Capacity for containing. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Strong ships, of great content."
- 17 the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. wordnet
- 18 The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions. countable, uncountable
- 19 the state of being contented with your situation in life wordnet
- 20 The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible. countable, uncountable
- 1 To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy. transitive
"You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have."
- 2 satisfy in a limited way wordnet
- 3 To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite. obsolete, transitive
"Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you."
- 4 make content wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.
From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.
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