content Definition

content¹
adj

1. Satisfied; happy; uncomplaining.

Thesaurus: contented, comfortable, happy, serene, at peace, gratified, appeased, relaxed, cheerful, agreeable, placid; Antonym: troubled, dissatisfied.
Form: content with something (often)

verb

contented, contenting
1. To satisfy or make (oneself or another) satisfied.

Thesaurus: satisfy, please, pacify, appease, humour, placate, mollify, gratify.

noun

1. Peaceful satisfaction; peace of mind.

Derivative: contentment
noun

The state of being content
Thesaurus: satisfaction, ease, serenity, equanimity, complacency, peace, pleasure, fulfilment, gratification, happiness.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin contentus contained, hence satisfied, from continere to hold together.

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content²
noun

1. The subject-matter of a book, speech, etc.

Thesaurus: meaning, significance, gist, intent, purport, heart, essence.
2. The proportion in which a particular ingredient is present in something.

Example: a diet with a high starch content
Thesaurus: size, capacity, volume.
3. The items contained in something.

Thesaurus: ingredients, parts, elements, components.
Form: contents
4a. The text of a book, divided into chapters;

Form: contents
4b. A list of these chapters, given at the beginning of the book.

Form: contents

Etymology: 15c: from Latin contenta things contained, from continere to contain.