con·tent

1 [kon-tent]
noun
1.
Usually, contents.
a.
something that is contained: the contents of a box.
b.
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
c.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document: a table of contents.
2.
something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing, or any of various arts: a poetic form adequate to a poetic content.
3.
significance or profundity; meaning: a clever play that lacks content.
4.
substantive information or creative material viewed in contrast to its actual or potential manner of presentation: publishers, record companies, and other content providers; a flashy Web site, but without much content.
5.
that which may be perceived in something: the latent versus the manifest content of a dream.
6.
Philosophy, Logic. the sum of the attributes or notions comprised in a given conception; the substance or matter of cognition.
7.
power of containing; holding capacity: The bowl's content is three quarts.
8.
volume, area, or extent; size.
9.
the amount contained.
10.
Linguistics. the system of meanings or semantic values specific to a language ( opposed to expression ).
11.
a.
Mathematics. the greatest common divisor of all the coefficients of a given polynomial. Compare primitive polynomial.
b.
any abstraction of the concept of length, area, or volume.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin contentum, noun use of neuter of Latin contentus (past participle of continēre to contain), equivalent to con- con- + ten- hold + -tus past participle suffix

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con·tent

2 [kuhn-tent]
adjective
1.
satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
2.
British. agreeing; assenting.
3.
Archaic. willing.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make content: These things content me.
noun
5.
the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment: His content was threatened.
6.
(in the British House of Lords) an affirmative vote or voter.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin contentus satisfied, special use of past participle of continēre; see content1

Related forms
con·tent·a·ble, adjective
con·tent·ly, adverb
con·tent·ness, noun

Synonyms
4. appease, gratify. See satisfy.

Antonyms
4. dissatisfy.
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content1 (ˈkɒntɛnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  (often plural) everything that is inside a container: the contents of a box
2.  (usually plural)
 a.  the chapters or divisions of a book
 b.  a list, printed at the front of a book, of chapters or divisions together with the number of the first page of each
3.  the meaning or significance of a poem, painting, or other work of art, as distinguished from its style or form
4.  all that is contained or dealt with in a discussion, piece of writing, etc; substance
5.  the capacity or size of a thing
6.  the proportion of a substance contained in an alloy, mixture, etc: the lead content of petrol
 
[C15: from Latin contentus contained, from continēre to contain]

content2 (kənˈtɛnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are
2.  assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed course of action, etc
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to make (oneself or another person) content or satisfied: to content oneself with property
 
—n
4.  peace of mind; mental or emotional satisfaction
 
—interj
5.  (Brit) (in the House of Lords) a formal expression of assent, as opposed to the expression not content
 
[C14: from Old French, from Latin contentus contented, that is, having restrained desires, from continēre to restrain]
 
con'tently2
 
—adv
 
con'tentment2
 
—n

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content
early 15c., from M.Fr. contenter, from content (adj.), c.1400, from L. contentus "contained, satisfied," pp. of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already
has. Related: Contented (1520s); contentedly (1550s); contently (17c., superseded by contentedly).
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Medical Dictionary

content con·tent (kŏn'těnt')
n.

  1. Something contained, as in a receptacle.

  2. The proportion of a specified substance present in something else, as of protein in a food.

  3. The subject matter or essential meaning of something, especially a dream.

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Idioms & Phrases

content

see to one's heart's content.

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Example sentences
Most of us, too, must learn to be content with modest capacity as with modest fortune.
He was content to sow the seed, and let come of it what would.
He has pressed the media content people to watch the bottom line.
More often than not, such a response doesn't even correspond to the content of
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to one's heart's content
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