Meaning & use
content
Feeling satisfied and at peace with one's situation, without wanting anything more.
See it in a sentence
He seemed perfectly content living a quiet life in the small mountain town.
She was content with a modest salary as long as the work felt meaningful.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, content is usually followed by 'with' or a clause (content with her job); note the shifted stress on the noun sense, con-TENT versus CON-tent.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The material, ideas, or subject matter contained within something such as writing, speech, or media.
The teacher praised the content of the essay but suggested fixing several grammar errors.
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