satisfaction
US /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃn/UK /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃn/
Definition
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Recent surveys show an 85% rate of customer satisfaction with our online banking services.
Word Family
Synonyms
- contentmenthappiness with one's situation in life
- pleasurea fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
Collocations
- Easy smile with satisfactionto smile with satisfaction, meaning to change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
- Medium measure customer satisfaction through surveysto measure customer satisfaction through surveys, meaning to determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- Hard express profound satisfaction with negotiation outcomesto express profound satisfaction with negotiation outcomes, meaning to give expression to
- Very Hard derive immense intellectual satisfaction from discoveryto derive immense intellectual satisfaction from discovery, meaning to reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.