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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#m1)

2) Being pleased with a service, product or result: «customer satisfaction». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#m2)

3) (formal) Proof or an answer that removes doubt: «to my satisfaction». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#m3)

4) (formal) Making up for a wrong, like an apology or payment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x1)
- Customer satisfaction is important to our shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x2)
- The work was done to the teacher's satisfaction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x3)
- Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x4)
- She smiled with satisfaction at her painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x5)
- He got no satisfaction from winning unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x6)
- This done to his satisfaction, he went back to the starting place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfaction/#x7)

### 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».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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