satisfaction

«satisfaction» in Mova's school dictionary: The good feeling you get when you have done something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (satisfaction — usually uncountable; satisfactions)

meaning for a pupil

1) The good feeling you get when you have done something well or got what you wanted. tree →

2) Being pleased with a service, product or result: «customer satisfaction». tree →

3) (formal) Proof or an answer that removes doubt: «to my satisfaction». tree →

4) (formal) Making up for a wrong, like an apology or payment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: «the satisfaction of finishing a puzzle». Shops run «satisfaction surveys»; «satisfaction guaranteed» on labels. In maths surveys, data about satisfaction is often shown as percentages. Phrases: «job satisfaction», «to your satisfaction», «a sense of satisfaction».

examples

• I felt great satisfaction when I finished the jigsaw. tree →
• Customer satisfaction is important to our shop. tree →
• The work was done to the teacher's satisfaction. tree →
• Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back! tree →
• She smiled with satisfaction at her painting. tree →
• He got no satisfaction from winning unfairly. tree →
• This done to his satisfaction, he went back to the starting place. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable. Verb «satisfy», adjective «satisfied», «satisfying». Opposite: «dissatisfaction».

In the corpora

• Badger and the Rat kept «staring at each other with their mouths open; and this gave him the greatest satisfaction».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «satisfaction» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.