Content yourself with meaning
Content yourself with is a phrasal verb that means to accept or do something despite it not being exactly what you wanted.
- Past simple
- contented yourself with
- Past participle
- contented yourself with
- -ing form
- contenting yourself with
What content yourself with means
accept imperfect optionC1
To accept or do something despite it not being exactly what you wanted
We contented ourselves with a light supper.
Similar phrasal verbs
With with: go with, deal with, play with, live with, interfere with, make with, saddle someone with something.
Common questions
What does content yourself with mean?
To accept or do something despite it not being exactly what you wanted.
What is the past tense of content yourself with?
Contented yourself with, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
