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# gratification

noun (gratification — mostly uncountable; a gratification)

«gratification» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when you get what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m1)
2. Something that gives pleasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m2)
3. «Instant gratification» means wanting pleasure right now, not waiting for it; «delayed gratification» means waiting for a bigger reward later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PSHE and ethics lessons delayed gratification is an important idea: saving pocket money, studying now for later success, or the famous «marshmallow test» where children wait for a second sweet. In everyday life screens and snacks give instant gratification. Phrases: instant gratification, delayed gratification, a sense of gratification.

### Examples

- Saving for a bike teaches delayed gratification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x1)
- Games give instant gratification, but reading pays off later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x2)
- She felt deep gratification when her painting won a prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x3)
- In the marshmallow test, some children waited for two sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x4)
- Gratification can come from helping others too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x5)
- He wanted instant gratification and ate the cake before dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/#x6)

### Note

Long word: grat-i-fi-CAY-shun. Verb: gratify (to please). Adjective: gratifying. Do not confuse with «gratitude» (thankfulness) or «graffiti» (writing on walls). Fairly formal.

## In Jewish tradition

Means pleasure or satisfaction. In Ecclesiastes a stillborn child is said to have more than a long-lived man who never enjoyed good.

**Interpretation.** Ecclesiastes is read as pondering the hard question of what makes life worth living when pleasures do not satisfy.

### Examples

- moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other; (Writings ECC.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gratification/#x1)

### Note

Long word: grat-i-fi-CAY-shun. Verb: gratify (to please). Adjective: gratifying. Do not confuse with «gratitude» (thankfulness) or «graffiti» (writing on walls). Fairly formal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gratification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «gratification» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gratification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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