All 4 Uses of
content
in
Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay)
- While I outwardly express discontent about our lack of any real participation, I'm busy with my own agenda.†
Chpt 18 *discontent = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontent means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of content as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- On examining the contents of the other packs, I find the only discernible difference is that they contain both gray and white outfits.†
Chpt 10
- The plant book, the hunting jacket, my parents' wedding photo, and the personal contents of my drawer.†
Chpt 10
- I grab the vase, stumble down to the kitchen, and throw its contents into the embers.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too 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.