content

content
1 noun
1 contents (plural)
a) the things that are inside a box, bag, room etc: The box had fallen over, and some of the contents had spilled out. | The customs official rummaged through the contents of the briefcase.
b) the things that are written in a letter, book etc: If the contents of this letter become known to the Foreign Secretary, there would be grave consequences. | table of contents (=a list at the beginning of a book, which shows the different parts into which the book is divided) | contents page (=the page in a book on which the table of contents appears)
2 (singular) the amount of a substance that is contained in something: the fat content of cheese
3 (singular) the ideas, facts, or opinions that are contained in a speech or a piece of writing: They said they liked the content of your article, but the style wasn't quite right for the magazine.
2 adjective (not before noun)
1 happy and satisfied: Tarka lay drowsy and content in the sun. | content to do sth: John is quite content to watch television for hours at a stretch.
(+ with): She is content with her job at the moment.
2 not content with if someone is not content with doing something, they do not think that it is good enough, and so want to do more: Not content with sentencing him to ten years in prison, the judge ordered that he leave the country on his release.
3 noun (U)
1 literary a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction
2 do sth to your heart's content to do something as much as you want: We sang away to our hearts' content.
4 verb (T)
1 content yourself with sth to do or have something that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory: This is all I have, so you'll have to content yourself with $5 for the moment.
2 to make someone feel happy and satisfied: I was no longer satisfied with the life that had hitherto contented me.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • content — content, ente [ kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • fin XIIIe; lat. contentus, de continere → contenir ♦ Satisfait. 1 ♦ Content de qqch. Vx Comblé, qui n a plus besoin d autre chose. « Qui vit content de rien possède toute chose » (Boileau). Subst. m. (fin XVe) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • content — content, ente (kon tan, tan t ) adj. 1°   Qui se contente de, qui s accommode de, se borne à. Content de peu. •   Le sage y vit en paix [sous l humble toit] et méprise le reste ; Content de ses douceurs, errant parmi les bois, Il regarde à ses… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • content — CONTENT, ENTE. adj. Celui, celle qui a l esprit satisfait. Un homme content. Il est content de sa condition, de sa fortune, de ses biens. Il est content de peu de choses. Elle est contente de tout. Il vit content. Il a le coeur content. Il ne… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • content — CONTENT, [cont]ente. adj. Qui est satisfait, qui a ce qu il desire. Un homme content. un esprit content. il est content de sa condition, de sa fortune, de ses biens. il est content de peu de chose. il vit content. il a le coeur content. il mene… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • content — Content, AEquus, Contentus. Estre content de ce qu on a, Continere se finibus rerum suarum. Estre content, Magnitudinem animi adhibere rei alicui. Estre content de perdre du sien, Concedere de iure suo. Je suis, ou J en suis content, Per me licet …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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  • Content — Con*tent , n. 1. Rest or quietness of the mind in one s present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. [1913 Webster] Such is the fullness of my heart s content. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Acquiescence… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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