satisfaction

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W3S3 [ˌsætısˈfækʃən] n

1.) [U and C]

a feeling of happiness or pleasure because you have achieved something or got what you wanted

≠ ↑dissatisfaction

▪ She got great satisfaction from helping people to learn.

▪ a task which offered him little personal satisfaction

▪ Do you feel a sense of satisfaction at the end of the working day?

▪ He allowed himself a little smile of satisfaction .

▪ 'I've passed all my exams', he announced with satisfaction.

▪ Care-giving can be a source of enormous satisfaction .

▪ The survey found that men got greater satisfaction from caring for their families than they did from work.

▪ At least he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was right.

▪ Finance officials expressed satisfaction with the recovery of the dollar.

▪ I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of seeing how upset I was.

▪ people who enjoy reasonably high job satisfaction

2.) to sb's/sth's satisfaction

if something is done to someone's satisfaction, it is done as well or as completely as they want, so they are pleased

▪ The question could not be resolved, at least not to my satisfaction.

3.) [U]

when you get money or an ↑apology from someone who has treated you badly or unfairly

▪ I got no satisfaction from the customer complaints department.

4.) [U] formal

when someone gets something that they want, need, or have demanded

satisfaction of

▪ the satisfaction of basic human needs

▪ sexual satisfaction

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

great/deep/real satisfaction

personal satisfaction

sense/feeling of satisfaction

smile/sigh/look of satisfaction

with/in satisfaction

a source of satisfaction (=something that makes you satisfied)

get/gain/derive satisfaction from something

have the satisfaction of doing something

express satisfaction (with/at something)

give somebody the satisfaction of doing something

job satisfaction (=enjoyment of your job)

grim satisfaction (=when you have achieved or got something but do not really feel happy about it)

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