Contentment Meaning
/kənˈtɛntmənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
nounHappiness in one's situation; satisfaction
Sentence Examples
Happiness consists of contentment.
Happiness lies in contentment.
A look of contentment appeared on his face.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Staring at the ocean waves filled her with a deep sense of ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Happiness consists of ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment."
— 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
"Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment."
— 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Staring at the ocean waves filled her with a deep sense of ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Happiness consists of ____.