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verb/kənˈtent/
/kənˈtent/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they content | /kənˈtent/ /kənˈtent/ |
| he / she / it contents | /kənˈtents/ /kənˈtents/ |
| past simple contented | /kənˈtentɪd/ /kənˈtentɪd/ |
| past participle contented | /kənˈtentɪd/ /kənˈtentɪd/ |
| -ing form contenting | /kənˈtentɪŋ/ /kənˈtentɪŋ/ |
- to accept and be satisfied with something and not try to have or do something better
- content yourself with something Martina contented herself with a bowl of soup.
- content yourself with doing something The crowd contented themselves with shouting insults.
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- content somebody (formal) to make somebody feel happy or satisfied
- My apology seemed to content him.
- Nothing would content her.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’.
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