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content

/ˈkɑn.tɛnt/

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What does content mean?

adjective

  1. Satisfied, pleased, contented.

noun

  1. Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
  2. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
More meanings (15)

noun

  1. An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
  2. A member who votes in assent.
  3. That which is contained.
  4. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
  5. One or more creative works.
  6. The potential of creative work for a content creator.
  7. The amount of material contained.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. (obsolete) Acquiescence without examination.
  11. (obsolete) Capacity for containing.

verb

  1. To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
  2. (obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

interjection

  1. (archaic) Alright, agreed.

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Contained.
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IPA pronunciation

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She would have much preferred to sit back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her heart’s content.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
They seemed content to perch tranquilly on the river bank, and leave him bowed down by the weight of a great problem.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
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Sir, I have been an unlawful bawd time out of mind, but yet I will be content to be a lawful hangman.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Also, they held it a mercy, since Dave was to die anyway, that he should die in the traces, heart-easy and content.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215
But whereas that left them somewhat to grind their teeth on, and they were not harried, they were not so ill content.
William MorrisChild Christopher and Goldilind the FairProject Gutenberg ebook #234