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have to be content with vs have to content yourself with

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Have to be content with' is more commonly used and means to accept a situation without complaint. 'Have to content yourself with' is less common and emphasizes the personal effort needed to find satisfaction in a situation.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 998 views

have to be content with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to accept a situation without complaint or to be satisfied with what is available.

Examples:

  • I have to be content with the results even though I wanted more.
  • She had to be content with the resources she had at her disposal.
  • We have to be content with the decision that was made.
  • But they've been very scarce for a few years and we usually have to be content with elephants or buffaloes, answered the creature, in a regretful tone. Yet as of ...
  • A few of them may be, but with most of them we shall have to be content with patient improvement. 28. View STEP SIX essay ... shall have to come to grips with .
  • Nov 18, 2013 ... ... flawless, argument-free relationship, you have to be content with what you have already accomplished in the journey of chasing your dreams.
  • Oct 15, 2015 ... "I told myself before I got out that if you're going to stay free you're going to have to be content with being poor. I say content with being broke.".

Alternatives:

  • have to accept
  • have to settle for
  • have to make do with
  • have to be satisfied with
  • have to resign oneself to

have to content yourself with

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase emphasizes the personal effort needed to find satisfaction in a situation, often implying that the situation is not ideal.

Examples:

  • You may have to content yourself with what you have for now.
  • She had to content herself with the limited options available.
  • We have to content ourselves with the circumstances as they are.
  • As the TV's broken, you'll have to content yourself with listening to the radio. te vrede wees met يُرضي، يُشْبِع رَغْبَتَه удволетворение contentar-se (u)spokojit ...
  • When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with ...
  • To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease. You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have. Origin.
  • You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have. Bible, Mark xv. 15. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas  ...

Alternatives:

  • have to find satisfaction in
  • have to make the best of
  • have to be satisfied with
  • have to come to terms with
  • have to adjust to

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