Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.

    You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.

    begnügen, sich zufriedengeben, zufriedenstellen

    удовлетворя́тьudovletvorjátʹ, удовлетвори́тьudovletvorítʹ

    задовольня́тиzadovolʹnjáty, задовольни́тиzadovolʹnýty

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

    satisfy in a limited way

Examples

472 sentences
  1. She was content with her life.

    Вона була задоволена своїм життям. — deniko

    ruОна была довольна своей жизнью. — odexed

  2. She is content with his present salary.

    Вона задоволена його нинішньою зарплатнею. — rozmaita

    ruОна довольна его нынешней зарплатой. — Svetislava

    deSie ist mit seinem derzeitigen Gehalt zufrieden. — wolfgangth

  3. I'm content with my job.

    Я задоволений своєю роботою. — anastasishko

    ruЯ доволен своей работой. — zmoo

    deIch bin mit meiner Arbeit zufrieden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I was content.

    Я був задоволений. — deniko

    ruЯ был доволен. — marafon

  5. You look content.

    У тебе задоволений вигляд. — deniko

    ruТы выглядишь довольным. — corvard

    deDu siehst zufrieden aus. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
satisfy — see also satisfy:
Русский
By meaning 1
satisfy — see also satisfy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
satisfy — see also satisfy:

Origin

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

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Forms

contents, contenting, contented, contented
Base formcontent · to content
3rd person singularcontents
Present participlecontenting
Past simplecontented
Past participlecontented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontent
he, she, itcontents

Past simpleLesson

all personscontented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contented
he, she, ithas contented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill content

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the contents of
  • is content with
  • contents of the
  • content with his
  • seem content

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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