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Etymology 1Edit

From Latin contentus ‎(“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere ‎(“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

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NounEdit

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; substance.
    • Grew
      I shall prove these writings […] authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.
  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).
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Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English, from Old French content, from Latin contentus ‎(“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere ‎(“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

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

  1. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
      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.
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Etymology 3Edit

From Old French contente ‎(“content, contentment”), from contenter; see content as a verb.

NounEdit

content ‎(plural contents)

  1. Satisfaction; contentment.
    They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
    • Shakespeare
      Such is the fullness of my heart's content.
  2. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
    • Alexander Pope
      The sense they humbly take upon content.
  3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
    • Shakespeare
      So will I in England work your grace's full content.
  4. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
  5. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
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Etymology 4Edit

From Old French contenter, from Medieval Latin contentare ‎(“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus ‎(“satisfied, content”); see content as an adjective.

VerbEdit

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 gratify; to appease.
    You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
    • Bible, Mark xv. 15
      Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them.
    • I. Watts
      Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
    • Shakespeare
      Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin contentus.

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AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. content, satisfied, pleased

VerbEdit

content

  1. third-person plural present indicative of conter
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of conter

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AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. happy; satisfied; content

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EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

content m

  1. (Jersey) happy
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