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1. Content is pronounced with stress on the second syllable as a verb (see 2), adjective, and noun (meaning 'a contented state': see 3), and on the first syllable as a noun (meaning 'what is contained': see 4).

2. Content oneself with (not by) is the right form of the phrase that means 'not go beyond (some course of action)', when followed by a verbal noun:

Fans of classic Japanese cinema have had to content themselves with reading about, rather than seeing, films like Drunken Angel—film website, 2000 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

3. Content and contentment both mean 'a contented state', but contentment is the more usual word, with content found chiefly as a poetical variant in the expression to one's heart's content.

4. Content and contents both mean 'what is contained' in physical and abstract senses. There is little difference in meaning; content is the more usual choice when the thing in question is a mass noun (and obligatory when preceded by a defining word, e.g. protein content), and contents is the more usual choice when a number of countable items is involved, but exceptions are not hard to find:

Questions like the protein content of bacon butties...and the vitamin rating of corned beef sarnies—Times, 1980

The whisky bottle was still in play, though its contents...had not shrunk catastrophically—M. Hatfield, 1981

In a sideline to the main argument for God's existence, Descartes considers the content of a number of different ideas he has—T Sorell, 2000.

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On the Internet, content is any information that is available for retrieval by the user, including Web pages, images, music, audio, white papers, driver and software downloads as well as training, educational and reference materials.

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adjective

Having achieved satisfaction, as of one's goal: fulfilled, gratified, happy, satisfied. See happy/unhappy.

verb

To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire): appease, fulfill, gratify, indulge, satisfy. See give/take/reciprocity.

adj

Definition: happy, agreeable
Antonyms: depressed, disagreeable, discontent, dissatisfied, disturbed, needy, unhappy, upset, wanting

n

Definition: comfort, happiness
Antonyms: discontent, displeasure, uncomfortableness, unhappiness

v

Definition: please
Antonyms: anger, displease, disturb, upset

content, the term commonly used to refer to what is said in a literary work, as opposed to how it is said (that is, to the form or style). Distinctions between form and content are necessarily abstractions made for the sake of analysis, since in any actual work there can be no content that has not in some way been formed, and no purely empty form. The indivisibility of form and content, though, is something of a critical truism which often obscures the degree to which a work's matter can survive changes in its manner (in revisions, translations, and paraphrases); and it is only by positing some other manner in which this matter can be presented that one is able in analysis to isolate the specific form of a given work.

That which is expressed by an utterance or sentence: the proposition or claim made about the world. By extension, the content of a predicate or other sub-sentential component is what it contributes to the content of sentences that contain it. The nature of content is the central concern of the philosophy of language. See also content, wide and narrow; meaning.

The substance of a poem; the impressions, facts and ideas it contains

For a list of words related to content, see:

• Happy, Playful, Optimistic, or Elated

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - tilfreds, villig
v. tr. - tilfredsstille
n. - tilfredshed

idioms:

• content oneself with    give sig tilfreds med

2.
n. - indhold, volumen, indbo

Nederlands (Dutch)
inhoud, gehalte, (mv) inhoudsopgave, tevreden, bereid (om te), tevredenheid, tevredenstellen naar hartelust

Français (French)
1.
adj. - satisfait
v. tr. - contenter
n. - contentement

idioms:

• content oneself with    se contenter de qch/de faire

2.
n. - teneur, fond, matière (d'un essai, d'un article), table des matières

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - zufrieden
v. - zufriedenstellen, befriedigen
n. - Zufriedenheit

idioms:

• content oneself with    zufrieden sein mit

2.
n. - Inhalt, Gehalt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ικανοποιώ
n. - περιεχόμενο, ουσιώδες τμήμα ή μήνυμα (κειμένου κ.λπ.), ικανοποίηση, ευχαρίστηση
adj. - ικανοποιημένος, ευχαριστημένος

idioms:

• content oneself with    αρκούμαι σε, περιορίζομαι σε

Italiano (Italian)
accontentare, materia, tenore, contento

idioms:

• to one's heart's content    a volontà

Português (Portuguese)
v. - contentar
n. - conteúdo (m), contentamento (m)
adj. - contente

idioms:

• content oneself with    contentar alguém com
• to one's heart's content    para contentamento próprio

Русский (Russian)
удовлетворить, содержание, удовлетворение

idioms:

• content oneself with    удовлетвориться
• to one's heart's content    вволю, досыта

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - contenido, contento, satisfecho
v. tr. - contentar, satisfacer
n. - contenido, proporción, satisfacción, sustancia

idioms:

• content oneself with    contentarse con

2.
n. - índice, proporción

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillfredsställa
n. - innehåll, rymlighet, belåtenhet, ja-röst (vid röstning i överhuset)
adj. - nöjd, belåten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 内容, 要旨, 容纳的东西, 含量, 容量, 具体内容

2. 满足的, 满意的, 甘愿的, 使满足, 满足

idioms:

• content oneself with    对...感到满意

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 滿足的, 滿意的, 甘願的
v. tr. - 使滿足
n. - 滿足

idioms:

• content oneself with    對...感到滿意

2.
n. - 內容, 要旨, 容納的東西, 含量, 容量, 具體內容

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 만족하고 있는, 감수하는, 찬성하는
v. tr. - 만족시키다
n. - 만족 , (영국 상원의) 찬성 투표자들

idioms:

• content oneself with    만족하다

2.
n. - 내용, 기사, 취지, 용량

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満足して, 喜んで
n. - 内容, 趣意, 中身, 含有量, 容積, 満足, 賛成投票
v. - 満足を与える, 満足させる

idioms:

• content oneself with    満足する
• to one's heart's content    心ゆくまで, 存分に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أقنع, أرضى (الاسم) سعه, حجم, محتويات, سعادة, قناعه (صفه) قانع ب, سعيد, راضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תוכן, תכולה, כמות של מרכיב‬
adj. - ‮מרוצה, שמח‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם שביעות-רצון‬
n. - ‮שביעות-רצון‬

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