- (also more frequent contentment)a feeling of being happy or satisfied
- She stood for a moment looking with content at her husband.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See content in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee content in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishto your heart’s content
- as much as you want
- a supervised play area where children can run around to their heart’s content
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