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content.

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. Satisfied, pleased, contented.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

noun/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.

    uncountable
    They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
  2. Acquiescence without examination.

    obsolete · uncountable
  3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

    uncountable
  4. An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.

    UK · uncountable
  5. A member who votes in assent.

    UK · metonymically · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

intj/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. Alright, agreed.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

verb/kənˈtɛnt/
  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. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

adj/ˈkɒn.tɛnt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɔn.tɛnt/UK/ˈkɑn.tɛnt/Canada, General-American
  1. Contained.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkɒn.tɛnt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɔn.tɛnt/UK/ˈkɑn.tɛnt/Canada, General-American
  1. That which is contained.

    uncountable
  2. 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.
    You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents.
  3. 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.
    Prolific creators manage their voluminous content with any of various content management systems.
  4. 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.
  5. The amount of material contained.

    countable · uncountable
    Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.
  6. Capacity for containing.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  7. 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
  8. 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
Where this word comes from

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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