sense of satisfaction

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandsatisfaction

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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satisfaction
noun
uk
/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.ʃən/us
/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.ʃən/
a pleasant feeling that you get when you receive something you wanted, or when you have done something you wanted ...
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(Definition ofsenseandsatisfactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsense of satisfaction

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But perhaps they experience a certain perversesenseofsatisfaction, a distorted sort of pleasure.
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This brought about asenseofsatisfactionand enhanced closeness.
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Do you get asenseofsatisfactionfrom playing the piano?
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Working men were asked about theirsenseofsatisfactionwith aspects of their work.
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Or more broadly, the residual could reflect a general sense of organizational and cultural cohesion as well as a generalsenseofsatisfactionwith the compensation package.
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Output is now increasing, and there is a general spirit andsenseofsatisfaction, so far as the work is concerned, throughout the industry.
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I welcome them, too, but with nosenseofsatisfaction, though possibly with a certain amount of minor relief.
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I did not intend to show asenseofsatisfactionabout the third uprating.
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On the other hand it gives me asenseofsatisfactionto know that so many families have been removed to better homes.
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The mere fact that the crimes have decreased should not provide asenseofsatisfactionfor the powers that be.
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People serve on local authorities not for the power it gives them but because of thesenseofsatisfactionand involvement they gain.
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We have asenseofsatisfactionat seeing a job of work done, and football, cricket and all games out of doors should be encouraged.
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But the fact that these conferences go on gives me an enormoussenseofsatisfaction.
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In every one of those units we found a tremendoussenseofsatisfaction.
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Thatsenseofsatisfactioncomes from the troops knowing rather better than some of the media over here what they had achieved.
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I have no doubt that this could be worked out, and it would give a greatsenseofsatisfaction.
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I have asenseofsatisfactionthat after 13 years we now have a report.
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These are statements that can be established on economic foundations, but, at the same time, they do not leave us with anysenseofsatisfaction.
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We, his late lamented friends as he called us shall always think of them with a greatsenseofsatisfactionand encouragement.
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