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content en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- kəntĕnt'
- /kənˈtɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Meanings
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Satisfied, pleased, contented.
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.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:You, Aubrey, are my most complete man. You're brave, compassionate, kind: a content man. That is your secret—contentment; I am 24 and I've never known it. I'm forever in pursuit, and I don't even know what I am chasing.
1981, Colin Welland, Chariots of Fire, spoken by Harold M. Abrahams:
Forms
Deriveds
contently · contentsome · uncontent · miscontent · contentive · noncontent
Translations (68)
cmn 滿意 /满意 (satisfied) · cmn 滿足 /满足 (satisfied) · hu elégedett (satisfied) · es contento (satisfied) · ota خشنود (satisfied) · tg рози (satisfied) · mi uruhau (satisfied) · es complacido (satisfied) · he מסופק (satisfied) · nb fornøyd (satisfied) · ca content (satisfied) · nl tevreden (satisfied) · sl zadovoljen (satisfied) · la contentus (satisfied) · pt satisfeito (satisfied) · mi mākona (satisfied) · mi nā (satisfied) · pl ukontentowany (satisfied) · cs spokojený (satisfied) · uk задово́лений (satisfied) · de zufrieden (satisfied) · cmn 知足 (satisfied) · ja 満足した (satisfied) · sh за̏дово̄љан (satisfied) · sv nöjd (satisfied) · fa خرسند (satisfied) · fi tyytyväinen (satisfied) · ro mulțumit (satisfied) · he שבע רצון (satisfied) · bg дово́лен (satisfied) · sk spokojný (satisfied) · mk задоволен (satisfied) · nb tilfreds (satisfied) · sh zȁdovōljan (satisfied) · gl satisfeito (satisfied) · hi संतोष (satisfied) · da tilfreds (satisfied) · sv tillfreds (satisfied) · ar رَاضٍ (satisfied) · tl kuntento (satisfied) · ru дово́льный (satisfied) · ar مُرْتَاح (satisfied) · pl kontent (satisfied) · ar قَانِع (satisfied) · be здаво́лены (satisfied) · hy գոհ (satisfied) · kmr razî (satisfied) · gl contento (satisfied) · he מרוצה (satisfied) · it contento (satisfied) · oc content (satisfied) · be задаво́лены (satisfied) · pl zadowolony (satisfied) · hi तृप्त (satisfied) · yi צופֿרידן (satisfied) · io kontenta (satisfied) · mi māha (satisfied) · uk вдово́лений (satisfied) · es chocho (satisfied) · fa خشنود (satisfied) · ko 만족하다 (satisfied) · nl content (satisfied) · ga sásta (satisfied) · fr content (satisfied) · sv tillfredsställd (satisfied) · tr hoşnut (satisfied) · fo nøgdur (satisfied) · tg хушнуд (satisfied)
content en · INTJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- kəntĕnt'
- /kənˈtɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Meanings
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(archaic) Alright, agreed.
content en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- kəntĕnt'
- /kənˈtɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
Kleph moved slowly from the door and sank upon the chaise longue with a little sigh of content.
1946, C.L. Moore, Vintage Season:‘It is very difficult to […] learn to seek content, instead of happiness.’
1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction:‘I understand you—upon every other subject, but the only one, my content requires, you are ready to obey me.’
1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin, published 2009, page 287: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.
2008, Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavilion:Such is the fullness of my heart's content.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
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(obsolete, uncountable) Acquiescence without examination.
The sense they humbly take upon content.
1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
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(uncountable) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
So will I in England work your grace's full content.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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(UK, qualifier:House of Lords, uncountable) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
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(UK, metonymically, qualifier:House of Lords, uncountable) A member who votes in assent.
Deriveds
contentful · uncontent · discontent · miscontent · to one's heart's content · contentment · malcontent · contentness · contentless
content en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- kəntĕnt'
- /kənˈtɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
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).
2016 November 3, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect cacio e pepe”, in The Guardian:And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:15: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.
1741, I[saac] Watts, chapter 14, in The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, page 194:
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(obsolete, transitive) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Forms
Deriveds
contentable
Synonyms
cheer up · begladden · light up · exhilarate · delight · happy · raise someone's spirits · make someone's day · gladden someone's heart · content · warm someone's heart · please · elate · fetch · gratify · rejoice · gladden · bright · gay · hearten · cheer · fain · enrapture · warm the cockles of someone's heart · upcheer · laetificate · cherish · perk up · turn the frown upside down · beatify · elate · enbliss · blissen · jollify · happify · hearten · elevate
Translations (44)
bg задоволя́ (satisfy — see also satisfy) · cs vyhovět (satisfy — see also satisfy) · sv nöja (satisfy — see also satisfy) · da tilfredsstille (satisfy — see also satisfy) · nl tevredenstellen (satisfy — see also satisfy) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satisfy — see also satisfy) · it soddisfare (satisfy — see also satisfy) · cs uspokojovat (satisfy — see also satisfy) · ru удовлетвори́ть (satisfy — see also satisfy) · gd sàsaich (satisfy — see also satisfy) · mk задоволува (satisfy — see also satisfy) · es alegrar (satisfy — see also satisfy) · bg задоволя́вам (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pl zaspokajać (satisfy — see also satisfy) · cs uspokojit (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pt satisfazer (satisfy — see also satisfy) · bg удовлетворя́ (satisfy — see also satisfy) · nl vergenoegen (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pt contentar (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pl zadowalać (satisfy — see also satisfy) · be задаво́ліць (satisfy — see also satisfy) · de zufriedenstellen (satisfy — see also satisfy) · hu kielégít (satisfy — see also satisfy) · uk задовольня́ти (satisfy — see also satisfy) · hi संतोष (satisfy — see also satisfy) · be задавальня́ць (satisfy — see also satisfy) · fr satisfaire (satisfy — see also satisfy) · ka აკმაყოფილებს (satisfy — see also satisfy) · ru удовлетворя́ть (satisfy — see also satisfy) · sk uspokojiť (satisfy — see also satisfy) · de sich zufriedengeben (satisfy — see also satisfy) · cs vyhovovat (satisfy — see also satisfy) · ro mulțumi (satisfy — see also satisfy) · es contentar (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pl zaspokoić (satisfy — see also satisfy) · fi tyydyttää (satisfy — see also satisfy) · mk задоволи (satisfy — see also satisfy) · uk задовольни́ти (satisfy — see also satisfy) · pl zadowolić (satisfy — see also satisfy) · sk uspokojovať (satisfy — see also satisfy) · ar رَضَّى (satisfy — see also satisfy) · bg удовлетворя́вам (satisfy — see also satisfy) · da stille tilfreds (satisfy — see also satisfy) · de begnügen (satisfy — see also satisfy)
content en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (London) audio
- /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/ (UK)
- (California) audio
- /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- kŏn'tĕnt (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Contained.
Forms
content en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (London) audio
- /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/ (UK)
- (California) audio
- /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- kŏn'tĕnt (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) That which is contained.
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(countable, uncountable) Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
In the future, instead of bottles of dead "content," I imagine electronically defined venues, where minds residing in bodies scattered all over the planet are admitted, either by subscription or a ticket at a time, into the real-time presence of the creative act.
2000 October, John Perry Barlow, “The Next Economy Of Ideas”, in Wired, →ISSN: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.
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 21.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents.
Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable.
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.
2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
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(broadly, uncountable) Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. ▸ One or more creative works.
Prolific creators manage their voluminous content with any of various content management systems.
Some online video creators upload new content every day.
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(Internet, broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable) 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.
He moved to California for the content.
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(countable, uncountable) The amount of material contained.
Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Capacity for containing.
Strong ships, of great content.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain, qualifier:ring theory, uncountable) 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.
Forms
Deriveds
content note · contentful · content farm · content creator · content gap · contentual · table of contents · immunocontent · content house · content clause · content wrangling · adult content · content coupling · content management system · Hausdorff content · content knowledge · content determination · mixed raster content · nontent · learning content management system · open content · subcontent · thin content · content filtering · content warn · water content · content psychology · decontent · geocontent · content mill · content warning · polymorphic content · content word · geo-content · fat content · e-content · content-free · sponcon · content key · web content · noncontent · contentwise · contentless · metacontent · microcontent · sponsored content · content repository
Descendants
конте́нт
Synonyms
contents
Translations (160)
sh са̏држа̄ј (that which is contained) · sh sȁdržāj (subject matter) · ja 含有量 (the amount of material contained) · et sisu (that which is contained) · is innihald (that which is contained) · de Stoff (subject matter) · ko 콘텐츠 (that which is contained) · gl teor (subject matter) · hu tartalom (subject matter) · fi sisältö (that which is contained) · ms kandungan (that which is contained) · nl inhoud (mathematics: space contained by a polytope) · tt эчтәлек (that which is contained) · it contenuto (that which is contained) · az məzmun (that which is contained) · eo kvanto (the amount of material contained) · uk вміст (that which is contained) · tk material (subject matter) · sh sȁdržāj (that which is contained) · mi kiko (subject matter) · eo enhavo (subject matter) · gd susbaint (subject matter) · mk содржина (that which is contained) · pt conteúdo (that which is contained) · mn агуулга (that which is contained) · ar مَضْمون (subject matter) · et sisaldus (the amount of material contained) · ar مَضْمُون (that which is contained) · ky мазмун (that which is contained) · es tenor (subject matter) · eo temo (subject matter) · bg съ́щност (subject matter) · tl laman (that which is contained) · kmr naverok (subject matter) · he תְּכוּלָה (that which is contained) · tl nilalaman (that which is contained) · ar كَمِّيَّة (the amount of material contained) · ka შინაარსი (subject matter) · bg съдържа́ние (that which is contained) · hy բովանդակություն (that which is contained) · ar مُحْتَوَيات (subject matter) · ur مَضْمُون (that which is contained) · fr contenu (subject matter) · ml ഉള്ളടക്കം (that which is contained) · de Inhalt (subject matter) · ug مەزمۇن (that which is contained) · pl treść (subject matter) · nb innhold (that which is contained) · da indhold (that which is contained) · ba йөкмәтке (that which is contained) · fa-ira مُحْتَوا (that which is contained) · mi ihirangi (that which is contained) · pt teor (the amount of material contained) · vi nội dung (subject matter) · ru содержа́ние (that which is contained) · tr içerik (subject matter) · fr contenu (that which is contained) · ar مَضامِين (subject matter) · fa-ira مَضْمون (that which is contained) · nn innhald (that which is contained) · la materia (subject matter) · nn innhald (subject matter) · be змест (that which is contained) · la materies (subject matter) · ka შემცველობა (subject matter) · cmn 內容 /内容 (subject matter) · tr muhteva (that which is contained) · cs podstata (subject matter) · lv saturs (subject matter) · ja コンテンツ (that which is contained) · ar مُحْتَوًى (that which is contained) · uk вміст (subject matter) · es contenido (the amount of material contained) · ro conținut (subject matter) · hi मज़मून (that which is contained) · yue 內容 /内容 (that which is contained) · pl ilość (the amount of material contained) · nl inhoud (subject matter) · tl laman (the amount of material contained) · vi nội dung (that which is contained) · hy բովանդակություն (subject matter) · fr contenu (the amount of material contained) · tl laman (subject matter) · tg мазмун (that which is contained) · hu tartalom (that which is contained) · ru содержи́мое (that which is contained) · lv saturs (that which is contained) · he תוכן (subject matter) · ru вмести́мость (the amount of material contained) · tg мӯҳтаво (that which is contained) · de Inhalt (the amount of material contained) · ar مُحْتَوى (subject matter) · fi sisältö (the amount of material contained) · ang innung (that which is contained) · pl zawartość (that which is contained) · nl inhoud (that which is contained) · hu tartalom (the amount of material contained) · cmn 內容 /内容 (that which is contained) · sk obsah (that which is contained) · sh sàdržina (that which is contained) · hi अंतर्वस्तु (that which is contained) · tr içerik (that which is contained) · gl contido (that which is contained) · bg капаците́т (the amount of material contained) · th เนื้อหา (that which is contained) · ru су́щность (subject matter) · es contenido (subject matter) · lt turinys (that which is contained) · sv innehåll (that which is contained) · pt conteúdo (subject matter) · ba эстәлек (that which is contained) · ar نِسْبَة (the amount of material contained) · ru су́ть (subject matter) · yi אינהאַלט (that which is contained) · fi substanssi (subject matter) · bg вмести́мост (the amount of material contained) · de Inhalt (that which is contained) · ka შიგთავსი (that which is contained) · ru содержа́ние (subject matter) · ja コンテンツ (subject matter) · kk мазмұн (that which is contained) · ka შიგთავსი (subject matter) · ru конте́нт (subject matter) · sl vsebina (that which is contained) · sh са̏држа̄ј (subject matter) · de Inhalt (mathematics: space contained by a polytope) · eo enhavo (the amount of material contained) · tl nilalaman (subject matter) · fi sisältö (subject matter) · uk суть (subject matter) · sk náplň (subject matter) · uz mazmun (that which is contained) · ka კონტენტი (subject matter) · ca contingut (that which is contained) · ro conținut (that which is contained) · nb innhold (subject matter) · az məzmun (subject matter) · sq përmbajtje (that which is contained) · es contenido (that which is contained) · uk зміст (subject matter) · es materia (subject matter) · tk mazmun (that which is contained) · el περιεχόμενο (subject matter) · az tərkibindəkilər (that which is contained) · ko 콘텐츠 (subject matter) · cs obsah (that which is contained) · rsk змист (subject matter) · uk зміст (that which is contained) · ko 내용 (that which is contained) · ps محتوا (that which is contained) · hi विषय (subject matter) · pl pojemność (the amount of material contained) · eo enhavo (that which is contained) · sh са̀држина (that which is contained) · kmr naverok (that which is contained) · mi kiko (that which is contained) · ja 内容 (that which is contained) · grc τύπος (subject matter) · it contenuto (subject matter) · sk kapacita (the amount of material contained)