content

noun

Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.

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

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

(by extension, uncountable) One or more creative works.

(Internet, colloquial) The potential of creative work for a content creator.

The amount of material contained.

(uncountable) That which is contained.

(UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.

(UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.

(mathematics) 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.

(algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) 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.

(obsolete) Acquiescence without examination.

(obsolete) Capacity for containing.

verb

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

(transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

adjective

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

(obsolete) Contained.

Roots

teneo-tent · Latin · hold

Synonyms for content

contentednessn satisfiedadj substancen

Words related to content

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