Satisfied with means pleased with something because it meets your needs: I'm satisfied with the result. People use it to judge work, a service, a purchase or their own progress when things have turned out as they should. After with, use a noun or an -ing form.
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be satisfied with + noun/-ing; not satisfied with + result; satisfied that + clause
- Most customers were satisfied with the new delivery service, although a few complained about the price.
- My tutor said she was satisfied with my progress this term.
- I wasn't satisfied with my first draft, so I rewrote the whole introduction.
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First versionI'm still not satisfying with my exam results.
RevisionI'm still not satisfied with my exam results.
Satisfying describes something that itself gives satisfaction: a satisfying meal is filling and enjoyable. For a person's feelings, use the -ed form: I'm satisfied. The sentence is about how I feel about my exam results, so satisfying became satisfied.
With that and a full clause, satisfied means something different, 'convinced, sure': The manager was satisfied that the mistake wasn't mine. Satisfied with keeps the meaning 'pleased'.
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The hotel was clean and the staff were friendly, so we were ___ with our stay.
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satisfied — The guests liked how clean it was and how friendly the staff were, so this is about their feelings: satisfied. Satisfying describes the thing that gives pleasure and isn't used for people in a sentence like this.
Review a course, service or purchase you were happy with. Say what it was and what exactly you liked about it.
I was satisfied with my online Spanish course because the teacher gave detailed feedback on every essay.
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