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Etymology

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From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), borrowed from Latin contentum (plural contenta), from contentus (“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere (“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

Pronunciation

  • (noun)
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  • (adjective, verb)
  • Hyphenation: con‧tent

Noun

content (countable and uncountable, plural contents)

  1. (uncountable) that which is contained
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
      The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
  2. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
    • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 21
      Hugh admitting that he never had, and moreover that he couldn’t read, Mrs Varden declared with much severity, that he ought to he even more ashamed of himself than before, and strongly recommended him to save up his pocket-money for the purchase of one, and further to teach himself the contents with all convenient diligence.
  3. the amount of material contained; contents
  4. capacity for holding
  5. (mathematics) 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)
  6. (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) 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
  7. Satisfaction; contentment.
    They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
    • 2008, Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavilion:
      Like an empress, I feel great content surrounded by the familiar sounds of laughter, bickering, rattling plates, clicking chopsticks, smacking lips, and noisy sipping of the longevity brew.
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2: Act 1, Scene 1
      Such is the fullness of my heart's content.
    • 1946, C.L. Moore, Vintage Season
      Kleph moved slowly from the door and sank upon the chaise longue with a little sigh of content.
  8. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination
    • 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
      The sense they humbly take upon content.
  9. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2: Act 1, Scene 1
      So will I in England work your grace's full content.
  10. (UK, House of Lords) an expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote
  11. (UK, House of Lords) a member who votes in assent

Derived terms

Terms derived from content (something contained)
Terms derived from content (satisfaction)
Category English terms derived from the Tama (Colombia) root content- not found

Translations

Adjective

content (comparative more content or contenter, superlative most content)

  1. satisfied
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      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.
    Synonyms: contented, pleased, satisfied

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

content

  1. (archaic) alright, agreed

Verb

content (third-person singular simple present contents, present participle contenting, simple past and past participle contented)

  1. (transitive) to give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
    You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Mark 15:15,[1]
      And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
    • 1741, Isaac Watts, The Improvement of the Mind, London: James Brackstone, Part I, Chapter 14, p. 194,[2]
      Do not content yourselves with meer Words and Names, lest your laboured Improvements only amass a heap of unintelligible Phrases, and you feed upon Husks instead of Kernels.
    • 2016, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect cacio e pepe,” The Guardian, 3 November, 2016,[3]
      Caz Hildebrand and Jacob Kenedy recommend rigatoni in the Geometry of Pasta, and Christopher Boswell, the chef behind the Rome Sustainable Food project, prefers wholemeal paccheri or rigatoni in his book Pasta, on the basis that “the flavour of the whole grain is strong enough to stand up to the sharp and salty sheep’s milk cheese” (as I can find neither easily, I have to content myself with brown penne instead).
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin contentus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

content m or f (masculine and feminine plural contents)

  1. content, satisfied, pleased
    Antonym: descontent

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French content, from Old French, borrowed from Latin contentus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

content (feminine contente, masculine plural contents, feminine plural contentes)

  1. content, satisfied, pleased
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

content

  1. third-person plural present/subjunctive of conter

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French content, borrowed from Latin contentus.

Adjective

content m (feminine singular contente, masculine plural contens, feminine plural contentes)

  1. happy; satisfied; content

Descendants

  • French: content

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin contentus (“having been held together, contained”), from contineō, continēre (“hold or keep together, surround, contain”).

Adjective

content m

  1. (Jersey) happy
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