See Also: AT content(medicine)
Content(medicine)
GC content(medicine)
content(1)(dictionary)
content(2)(dictionary)
content(3)(dictionary)
content(4)(dictionary)
Manifest content(health)
content 1, noun(dictionary)
content 2, adjective(dictionary)

content(3) (iou)



content pred. adjective & noun3. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin contentus that is satisfied, pa. pple of continere (fig.) repress, restrain: cf. CONTAIN verb.]
A. adjective.
Desiring nothing more; satisfied (with what one has, with things as they are); contented, not unwilling to do, that. LME.
L. Uris Abdul Kadar was content to play a waiting game. Day Lewis As a small child, I was content enough with the life around me. R. Harries I am content But I'm not happy.
Pleased, gratified: arch. exc. in well content. LME.
Tennyson So the three..Dwelt with eternal summer, ill-content.
As interjection. Agreed! All right! obsolete exc. in the House of Lords expr. formal assent or (not content) dissent (corresp. to ay and no in the House of Commons). L16.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Content: I'll to the surgeon's.
b. noun. In the House of Lords: an affirmative or (not content) dissenting voter. E17.