content

Definitions


[kənˈtɛnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- in a state of peaceful happiness
(e.g: he seemed more content, less bitter)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere (see contain)


[kənˈtɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- satisfy (someone)
(e.g: nothing would content her apart from going off to Barcelona)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere (see contain)


[kənˈtɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state of satisfaction
(e.g: the greater part of the century was a time of content)

- a member of the British House of Lords who votes for a particular motion


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere (see contain)


[ˈkɒntɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the things that are held or included in something
(e.g: she unscrewed the top of the flask and drank the contents)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin contentum (plural contenta ‘things contained’), neuter past participle of continere (see contain)




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