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Content

noun

1.

Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something. "The two groups were similar in content"

2.

What a communication that is about something is about. Synonyms: message, subject matter, substance.

3.

The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc..

4.

The amount that can be contained. Synonym: capacity.

5.

The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. Synonyms: cognitive content, mental object.

6.

The state of being contented with your situation in life. Synonym: contentedness. "They could read to their heart's content"

7.

Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation. Synonyms: depicted object, subject.

adjective

1.

Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are. Synonym: contented. Antonym: discontented.

verb

1.

Satisfy in a limited way.

2.

Make content. Antonym: discontent.

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"Content" Quotes from Famous Books

... came to me which are the very foundation stone of human endeavour and human progress, "He that loseth his life for My sake shall find it." I do not know exactly what I said, and I do not suppose it mattered much, for it was hard to make oneself heard. I was content if the words of the text alone were audible. We sang that great hymn, "O God our help in ages past," which came into such prominence as an imperial anthem during the war. As we sang ...

— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott

... the text of none of the penitential psalms is perfectly preserved. We must, therefore, content ourselves in our illustrations with more or less imperfect extracts. It is to be noted, too, that often the exact meaning of the lines escapes us, owing to the obscurity of terms employed or to the gaps in the texts themselves. With few exceptions the psalms ...

— The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria • Morris Jastrow

... shorter, the joiner measured the wrang leg—joiners are a' dottle stupid bodies—an' whan the time cam' for Creeshy to be streekit, man, he wadna fit—na, it maun hae been a sair disappointment till him—that is to say—gin he war in the place whaur he could think wi' ony content on his coffin, an' that, judgin' by his life an' conversation, was far frae ...

— The Lilac Sunbonnet • S.R. Crockett

... of man, our justice seems Unjust, is argument for faith, and not For heretic declension. To the end This truth may stand more clearly in your view, I will content ...

— The Divine Comedy, Complete - The Vision of Paradise, Purgatory and Hell • Dante Alighieri

... great yearning to see his old home again, to hear his native language spoken, to hear the folk songs and familiar German airs sung once more and to look upon the faces of his fellow-countrymen again. Now that he knew his child was happy, he felt that he would be content simply to sit placidly in an obscure corner of the market-place in Leipsic, and watch the ebb and flow of life as it is lived over there in the beloved Fatherland. He did not ask to take part in it or to be one with his countrymen; all he asked was the privilege of watching their life for the few ...

— The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein

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