All 4 Uses of
content
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- That evening's work made us more or less content to leave next morning.
p. 50.7content = satisfied
- Kropp is contented now and more accommodating: "How many of us were there in the class exactly?"
p. 84.2
- Thus momentarily we have the two things a soldier needs for contentment: good food and rest.
p. 138.3 *contentment = satisfaction
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Swiftly we slip into the water, lie on our backs and swim, holding the boots with their contents up over our heads.†
p. 147.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.