"gratification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratification.wav Forms: gratifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin grātificātiō either directly or through Middle French gratification, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerH-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|grātificātiō}} Latin grātificātiō, {{bor|en|frm|gratification}} Middle French gratification, {{der|en|la|grātificō||to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify}} Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gratification (countable and uncountable, plural gratifications)
  1. (countable)
    The act of gratifying or pleasing, either the mind, or the appetite or taste.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: gladness Translations (act of gratifying or pleasing): удовлетворение (udovletvorenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), задоволство (zadovolstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tyydytys (Finnish), tyydyttäminen (english: gratifying) (Finnish), miellyttäminen (english: pleasing) (Finnish), kielégítés (Hungarian), gratifikasi (Indonesian), glede (Norwegian), tilfredsstille (Norwegian), Befrädjunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), удовлетворение (udovletvorenije) (Russian), ублажение (ublaženije) [neuter] (Russian)
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  2. (countable)
    A gratuity; a reward.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward): възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gratificatie (Dutch), gratifikacio (Esperanto), gratifo (Esperanto), gratifiko (Esperanto), palkinto (Finnish), hyvitys (Finnish), lahja (Finnish), récompense (French), Befriedigung (German), kielégülés (Hungarian), jutalom (Hungarian), jutalmazás (Hungarian), gratifikasi (Indonesian), gratyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), вознаграждение (voznagraždenije) [neuter] (Russian)
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  3. (uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: delight, enjoyment, gladness, fruition Translations (feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction): tyytyväisyys (Finnish), mielihyvä (Finnish), gratyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), удовольствие (udovolʹstvije) (Russian), удовлетворение (udovletvorenije) (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oral gratification, self-gratification Related terms: gratify

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward",
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      "word": "gratificatie"
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      "sense": "gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward",
      "word": "palkinto"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward",
      "word": "hyvitys"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward",
      "word": "lahja"
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      "sense": "gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward",
      "word": "récompense"
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