sense of fulfilment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandfulfilment
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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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fulfilment
noun[C or U]
uk/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/us/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/
the fact of doing something that is necessary or something that someone has wanted or promised ...
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(Definition ofsenseandfulfilmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Coming from very poor households, the mere thought of keeping an audience enthralled must be no meansenseoffulfilment.
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Carers have reported asenseoffulfilment, improved interpersonal relationships and perceptions of 'togetherness' arising from their caregiving role.
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But the effort to raise productivity can involve serious loss in terms of family life and in thesenseoffulfilmentin one's daily work.
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There must be a sense of dignity, asenseoffulfilmentand a sense of identification with the common purpose.
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Hopefully, there is enjoyment in the work and asenseoffulfilmentin the best use of considerable talent.
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Above all, it gives them financial independence and asenseoffulfilment.
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There must be something more in the wage packet, asenseoffulfilment, a sense of significance and dignity.
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If young people are anxious to serve, they are anxious that their services shall be meaningful, that they have asenseoffulfilmentand that they are making a contribution.
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An effective inquiry into how to increase individual and personal responsibility to the public would surely serve to create a greatersenseoffulfilmentand job satisfaction.
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People in her circumstances, widowed and needing companionship and asenseoffulfilment, should be encouraged to take on the service of looking after children in this way.
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It should appeal more to thesenseoffulfilmentof having children.
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He lives a pious life as a priest but lacks asenseoffulfilment, taking little joy in doing good deeds.
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Many people who experience a loss of meaning at certain points in their lives or are seeking a greatersenseoffulfilmentcan be helped by this approach.
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