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# gratification

«gratification» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when you get what…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gratification — mostly uncountable; a gratification)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when you get what you want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m1)

2) Something that gives pleasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m2)

3) «Instant gratification» means wanting pleasure right now, not waiting for it; «delayed gratification» means waiting for a bigger reward later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and ethics lessons delayed gratification is an important idea: saving pocket money, studying now for later success, or the famous «marshmallow test» where children wait for a second sweet. In everyday life screens and snacks give instant gratification. Phrases: instant gratification, delayed gratification, a sense of gratification.

### examples

- Saving for a bike teaches delayed gratification. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x1)
- Games give instant gratification, but reading pays off later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x2)
- She felt deep gratification when her painting won a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x3)
- In the marshmallow test, some children waited for two sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x4)
- Gratification can come from helping others too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x5)
- He wanted instant gratification and ate the cake before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x6)

### note

Long word: grat-i-fi-CAY-shun. Verb: gratify (to please). Adjective: gratifying. Do not confuse with «gratitude» (thankfulness) or «graffiti» (writing on walls). Fairly formal.

### In the corpora

- [Waiting for something better later is called delayed gratification.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/12/)
- [moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.115/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gratification» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.