(kon′tent) noun
1. Usually plural All that a thing contains.
2. The constituent elements of a conception, or meaning and relations involved; hence, significance or basic meaning.
3. Holding capacity; size.
4. Included area or space; extent.
5. The quantity of a specified part: the silver content of a ton of ore.
—latent content Psychoanal. The underlying thoughts or repressed desires that motivate a dream.
—manifest content Psychoanal. The incidents of a dream that are remembered and related by the dreamer. [<L contentum, pp. neut. Of Continere. See CONTAIN.]

(kən·tent′) noun
1. Rest of mind; satisfaction; freedom from worry.
2. The means of contentment.
—adjective Satisfied; not inclined to complain or desire something more or different than what one has.
—v.t. To fulfil the hopes or expectations of; satisfy. See synonyms under INDULGE, SATISFY. [<L contentus, pp. of continere. See CONTAIN.]