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adj/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. 1

    Satisfied, pleased, contented.

    • 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.
noun/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. 1

    Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.uncountable

    • They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
  2. 2

    Acquiescence without examination.obsoleteuncountable

    • The sense they humbly take upon content.
  3. 3

    That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.uncountable

    • So will I in England work your grace's full content.
  4. 4

    An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.UKuncountable

  5. 5

    A member who votes in assent.UKmetonymicallyuncountable

intj/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. 1

    Alright, agreed.archaic

verb/kənˈtɛnt/
  1. 1

    To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.transitive

    • You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.
  2. 2

    To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.obsoletetransitive

    • Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
adj/ˈkɒn.tɛnt//ˈkɔn.tɛnt//ˈkɑn.tɛnt/
  1. 1

    Contained.obsolete

noun/ˈkɒn.tɛnt//ˈkɔn.tɛnt//ˈkɑn.tɛnt/
  1. 1

    That which is contained.uncountable

  2. 2

    Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.countableuncountable

    • Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable.
    • You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents.
  3. 3

    Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works.broadlyuncountable

    • Some online video creators upload new content every day.
    • Prolific creators manage their voluminous content with any of various content management systems.
  4. 4

    Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.; One or more creative works.Internetbroadlycolloquial

    • He moved to California for the content.
  5. 5

    The amount of material contained.countableuncountable

    • Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.
  6. 6

    Capacity for containing.countableobsoleteuncountable

    • Strong ships, of great content.
  7. 7

    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.countableuncountable

  8. 8

    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.countableuncountable

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