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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
content1 /kənˈtɛnt/

▶adjective in a state of peaceful happiness or satisfaction. ▶verb satisfy (someone).

■ (content oneself with) accept as adequate despite wanting more or better.

▶noun

– phrases
to one's heart's content as much as one wants.

– derivatives
contentment noun.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. contentus ‘satisfied’, past part. of continere (see contain).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
content2 /ˈkɒntɛnt/

▶noun

1 (also contents) the things that are contained in something.
■ (contents) a list of chapters or sections at the front of a book or periodical.

2 the material dealt with in a speech, literary work, etc. as distinct from its form or style.
■ information made available by a website or other electronic medium.

– derivatives
contentless adjective.

– origin ME: from med. L. contentum (pl. contenta ‘things contained’), neut. past part. of continere (see contain).

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