Definition of CONTENT

content

Meanings

Plural: contents

Noun

  • everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
    • "he emptied the contents of his pockets"
    • "the two groups were similar in content"
  • what a communication that is about something is about
  • the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
  • the amount that can be contained
  • the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  • the state of being contented with your situation in life
    • "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"
    • "they could read to their heart's content"
  • something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
  • Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
  • Acquiescence without examination.
  • That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
  • An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
  • A member who votes in assent.
  • That which is contained.
  • Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
  • Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
  • One or more creative works.
  • 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.
  • The amount of material contained.
  • Capacity for containing.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Verb

  • satisfy in a limited way
    • "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
  • make content
    • "I am contented"
  • To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
  • To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

Adjective

  • satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
    • "a contented smile"

Adj

  • Satisfied, pleased, contented.
  • Contained.

Intj

  • Alright, agreed.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

Synonyms

beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, capacity, cheer, cheer up, cognitive content, content, contented, contentedness, contents, delight, depicted object, elate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, mental object, message, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, subject, subject matter, substance, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Scrabble Score: 9

content is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
content is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
content is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

content is a valid Words With Friends word