Word that means satisfy

удовлетворять, соответствовать, выполнять, отвечать требованиям, утолять

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Словосочетания

to satisfy bond — укомплектовывать связь  
to fulfil / meet / satisfy a condition — удовлетворять условию, соответствовать  
to meet / satisfy smb.’s demands — соответствовать чьим-л. требованиям  
to meet / satisfy consumers’ demand — удовлетворять спрос потребителей  
to satisfy a desire — удовлетворять желание  
to allay / alleviate / appease / gratify / satisfy one’s hunger — утолять голод  
to gratify / satisfy one’s lust — удовлетворять свою похоть  
to fill / meet / obviate / satisfy a need — отвечать потребности, удовлетворять потребность  
to gratify / satisfy one’s passion — удовлетворять свою страсть  
to fill / fulfill / meet / satisfy requirements — отвечать требованиям  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

dissatisfy  — не удовлетворять, вызывать недовольство
satisfied  — довольный, удовлетворенный
satisfying  — сытный, удовлетворительный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: satisfy
he/she/it: satisfies
ing ф. (present participle): satisfying
2-я ф. (past tense): satisfied
3-я ф. (past participle): satisfied

Last Updated:
9 Apr 2023
— Updated example sentences

The word comes from the Latin satisfacere, which basically means “do enough.” Definitions of satisfy. verb.

Who invented the word satisfying?

Mary Campbell’s section in podcast number 220 ‘Disguisings’ about the word bump included a brief discussion about whether or not Shakespeare invented the word bump….Words Shakespeare invented.

academe	lustihood
fairyland	satisfying (as an adjective)
fanged	savage (as ‘uncivilized’)
fap (‘intoxicated’)	savagery
farmhouse	schoolboy

Is satisfy a root word?

This adjective comes from the verb satisfy, originally used to mean “repay,” from a Latin root that literally means “do enough.”

What is an antonym for satisfied?

satisfied(adj) filled with satisfaction. “a satisfied customer” Antonyms: unmitigated, discontent, discontented.

Is pleased and satisfied the same?

The word “satisfied” means that someone is content with something, but feels that it could be better. The word “pleased” means that someone is happy with something and probably doesn’t think it could be better.

How do you describe satisfied?

‘Satisfied’ is an ‘_ed’ adjective that is used to describe how people feel about something or their opinion about something. However, a course cannot feel or have opinions. A course can be ‘satisfying’ or ‘satisfactory’. If you are talking about the course in general, use ‘satisfactory’.

What is the nearest in meaning of satisfied?

SYNONYMS. pleased, well pleased, happy, content, contented. proud, triumphant. smug, self-satisfied, pleased with oneself, complacent.

What does deeply satisfied mean?

making you feel pleased or happy. a satisfying result/achievement. She finds writing poetry deeply satisfying.

What does Satisfied mean in math?

more A value (or values) that solve an equation. Example: 2x + 1 = 9. x=4 solves the equation (we get 8 + 1 = 9, which is true), so x=4 satisfies the equation.

What does it mean to satisfy someone?

1satisfy somebody (not used in the progressive tenses) to make someone pleased by doing or giving them what they want Nothing satisfies him—he’s always complaining.

What does satiated mean?

transitive verb. : to satisfy (a need, a desire, etc.) fully or to excess. Other Words from satiate Synonyms & Antonyms Choose the Right Synonym Example Sentences Learn More About satiate.

What satiated feels like?

The word satiated comes from the Latin satiare, meaning “fill, full, satisfy,” which is precisely how a person who is satiated feels — full and satisfied from a good meal. There’s nothing better than a hearty home-cooked meal to leave you satiated with a full belly.

What is satiation point?

The Oxford English Dictionary offers one definition of satiation to be the “point at which satisfaction of a need or familiarity with a stimulus reduces or ends an organism’s responsiveness or motivation” and thereby encompasses, in principle, the satiety of both needs and desires.

What is satiation in behavior?

Satiation is the condition that exists when a consequence has lost its effect on behavior. Satiation is usually described in relation to reinforcement. However, the condition can also occur with aversive consequences (see the “Complications and Cautions” section).

What is Mrs microeconomics?

In economics, the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) is the amount of a good that a consumer is willing to consume in relation to another good, as long as the new good is equally satisfying.

What is non satiation assumption?

The assumption that a consumer will always benefit from additional consumption. The demand for some goods may have a finite limit, but it is likely that there is some good or service a consumer would benefit from having more of. From: non-satiation in A Dictionary of Economics »

What is in difference curve?

Definition: An indifference curve is a graph showing combination of two goods that give the consumer equal satisfaction and utility. In other words, point A gives as much utility as point B to the individual. The consumer will be satisfied at any point along the curve assuming that other things are constant.

What is strict convexity?

Strict convexity means that the line segment lies strictly above the graph of f, except at the segment endpoints. (So actually the function in the figure appears to be strictly convex.)

What is transitivity assumption?

This assumption states that, logically, selections between goods are rational because of the transitivity statement, which posits that people always prefer goods in the following order: A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, so A is preferred to C.

What is basic assumption example?

For example, values such as trust, honesty and integrity play a strong role within the moral structure of many organizations. Basic Assumptions—How situations or problems within the organization are treated after repetition; they evolve as the situation is repeated over and over again.

What are the three fundamental assumptions concerning individual preferences?

The three fundamental assumptions about preferences are: Completeness: We say preferences are completewhen a consumer can always say one of the following about two bundles: A is preferred to B, B is preferred to A or A is equally good as B.

Why do we use transitive preferences?

Transitivity of preferences is a fundamental principle shared by most major contemporary rational, prescriptive, and descriptive models of decision making. We show that the data from many of the available studies designed to elicit intransitive choice are consistent with transitive preferences.

Are preferences a choice?

As nouns the difference between preference and choice is that preference is the selection of one thing or person over others while choice is an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

Where do preferences come from?

But where do our preferences come from? A lot it is just inherent in who we are, but there’s also a lot that comes from other people. The way we were raised, the people we spend time with, and even the types of shows we watch or book we read can shape our preferences in sometimes unexpected ways.

Why do we have preferences?

An evolutionary explanation of taste assumes that human preferences arise from natural selection. Neuroscientific explanations are essentially half way between cultural theories and evolutionary theories. We like things because the “pleasure centers” in our brains “light up” when we encounter them.

Why is food preference important?

The main reason why people eat what they eat is simple: Because it’s there. But behind the supply of food available to any given individual, hides a mix of biological, psychological, social, cultural and historical influences. …

How do preferences develop?

Flavor Likes and Dislikes To reiterate, taste preferences are generally strongly influenced by inborn (innate) factors. For example, sweet foods and beverages are highly preferred by plant-eating animals, probably because sweetness reflects the presence of caloric sugars, and may indicate non-toxicity.

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a satisfied customer (=who is pleased with your goods or service)

▪ Satisfied customers will retun again and again.

fulfil/satisfy sb’s expectationsformal (= be as good as someone hoped or expected)

▪ The band failed to fulfil the fans’ expectations.

meet/satisfy demand (=supply as much as people need or want)

▪ There are reports that the company cannot produce enough to meet demand.

meet/satisfy/fulfil a condition (=do what has been agreed)

▪ In order to get a state pension, you must satisfy certain conditions.

meet/satisfy/fulfil the criteria

▪ Does your experience meet the criteria for the job?

satisfy an urge (=do want you feel you want to do)

▪ He satisfied his urge to travel by going to India.

satisfy sb’s curiosity (=find out something that you want to know)

▪ I decided to call him in order to satisfy my curiosity.

satisfy/fulfil a desire

▪ Companies aim to satisfy people’s desire for variety.

satisfy/fulfil a requirementformal (= meet them)

▪ Our aim is to satisfy our customers’ requirements.

suit/satisfy/appeal to sb’s tastes (=provide what someone likes)

▪ We have music to suit every taste.

▪ The magazine caters for all tastes.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

completely

▪ Never sign anything until you are completely satisfied with every detail.

▪ Again, although deceptively simple in outward appearance, this salad satisfied completely with its subtle flavorings.

▪ No single product completely satisfies these requirements so the use of any particular agent is always a compromise.

▪ Then, when he was completely satisfied, he spoke to Hal over the radio circuit.

▪ If you are not completely satisfied, return it within 30 days for replacement or refund.

▪ I was not completely satisfied with these responses.

▪ Lamentably, none is completely satisfying.

entirely

▪ And as with all our offers we guarantee to refund your money if you’re not entirely satisfied with your order.

▪ Clinton has been too protean to entirely satisfy either.

▪ But she wasn’t entirely satisfied.

▪ The children themselves, 75 she continues, can be entirely satisfied.

▪ A similar structure would not entirely satisfy the Panel.

▪ And yet, am I entirely satisfied with my lot?

▪ She has said she will not give a penny until she is entirely satisfied the unit will go ahead as planned.

fully

▪ There was nothing particularly creditable in giving up an immoral life when you had fully satisfied that nagging curiosity.

▪ It can not fully satisfy both.

more

▪ Barrow’s book is, to my mind, more satisfying, not just because he covers more ground.

▪ Neonatologist Susan Dulkerian says the technique makes the babies calmer and appear more satisfied.

▪ It may be argued that the longer people search for jobs, the more satisfied they will be with their eventual choices.

▪ And, in the process, we can make the practice of law more satisfying and more fun.

▪ Daily we deal out our own justice in small ways that are more satisfying.

▪ In the long run, such methods may well be both cheaper for employers and more satisfying for employees.

▪ Patients in the x-ray group tended to be more satisfied with their care, however.

▪ There, people who chose low-fat restaurant meals were more satisfied than people who chose higher-fat foods in the same restaurants.

most

▪ His most satisfying role in television came with Question Time, 1979-89.

▪ He knew the sort of people he was addressing and he knew the sort of moral objections they found most satisfying.

▪ In many ways it should have been the most satisfying celebration of his years in public office.

▪ Some of my most satisfying work at Arky, Freed was done on behalf of Eastern Airlines flight attendants.

▪ Granted, watching without a plan, without a real show in mind, is not the most satisfying way to go.

never

▪ Does it not mean that preparers of accounts and auditors can never satisfy the market’s reasonable expectations?

▪ At some point Rudi seemed to have accepted the fact that he would never satisfy his intellectual ambitions.

▪ But they can never satisfy desire.

▪ Aegisthus, of course, must die, but to kill him alone would never satisfy justice.

▪ She now knew that he could never satisfy her, but was not prepared to dislike him just for that.

▪ But saucer enthusiasts, it seems, are never satisfied.

▪ It never satisfied the White Paper’s interest in another, shorter, flexible model of higher education.

▪ The money the family receives from the manufacturer for the wrongful death of a child will never satisfy them.

quite

▪ Despite it, I am quite satisfied that their evenings, their sleep and their general comfort were greatly disturbed.

▪ In the long run, I was quite satisfied, but only through my own endeavors.

▪ No-one moved until she had quite satisfied herself.

▪ Though Ferris’ explanations are not quite satisfying, the questions are well worth trying to understand.

▪ Big Ron was never quite satisfied.

▪ It was quite satisfying to see them working their way up that hill.

very

▪ That means the customer gets the goods while still enthusiastic — and is very satisfied.

▪ It’s merely guesswork and an abstract computation, not very satisfying.

▪ Looking at herself in the mirror, she was very satisfied.

▪ Overall, 54 percent are very satisfied, and an additional 36 percent are somewhat satisfied with their jobs.

▪ Purists might call it chiming rather than genuine ringing but Saint Mary’s has some very satisfied customers.

▪ The initial research on Meurent is very satisfying.

▪ I am a 13 years old Andre Agassi fanatic who is very satisfied with the newsletters, and great photos.

▪ Only four in 10 blue-collar, clerical and sales workers are very satisfied.

■ NOUN

appetite

▪ Nestled within these bleak volcanic highlands are fertile valleys filled with game plentiful enough to satisfy even the appetites of dragons.

▪ The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers’ money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite.

▪ However, it will be unlikely that you could produce enough to satisfy the appetites of the Tangs on a continuous basis.

▪ First, there was the clear risk that particularization would feed rather than satisfy the appetite for further self-determination.

▪ Flake will not satisfy the appetite or requirements of a 10in Oscar.

▪ Obviously this would have some realistic effect in satisfying the appetite.

▪ These are designed to whet rather than satisfy the appetite — but short bibliographies help would-be students to delve further.

▪ I’ve started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won’t satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.

condition

▪ The parties will work to satisfy the closing conditions and launch the joint venture in the first quarter of 2000.

▪ However, to get any basic pension you must satisfy two conditions.

▪ It is convenient to consider separately in this chapter a number of other exact solutions that satisfy this same condition.

▪ It satisfies the five conditions on a metric.

▪ It is sufficient for the existence of a solution that the production function satisfies the Inada conditions and that.

▪ For our parse, we can choose the largest which satisfies this condition.

▪ They contain impulsive wave components, and therefore do not satisfy the conditions of Tipler’s theorem.

court

▪ Such a description might well be enough to satisfy the court.

▪ But even these tests may be difficult to satisfy unless the courts are again prepared to be flexible.

criteria

▪ Female animal, on the other hand, comes close to satisfying the criteria.

▪ C., that it has satisfied 14 competition criteria spelled out by Congress in the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996.

▪ This solution must satisfy specific criteria of outcome viability.

▪ For instance, we assume he would satisfy our behavioural criteria for being some one who knows the meaning of the word bank.

▪ If a local authority seeks a care order in respect of a supervised child it must apply under s31 and satisfy the relevant criteria.

▪ He must adduce sufficient evidence to satisfy the statutory criteria for the making of a particular order.

▪ Recruitment into the trials depended on patients satisfying the entry criteria and giving their informed consent.

curiosity

▪ If this is true, it seems an expensive way of satisfying one’s curiosity.

▪ Some came to seek the new power, some to chuckle, others to satisfy their curiosity.

▪ Foucard had once gone to that door, thrown it wide, given the room an all-embracing glance, satisfied his curiosity.

▪ You still haven’t satisfied my curiosity.

▪ We too need to read the Bible in our hearts, rather than simply to discover facts or satisfy our curiosity.

▪ If you want to satisfy your curiosity about Bob’s girlfriend, you ring him yourself.

▪ At least he had satisfied his curiosity.

▪ This seemed to satisfy the boy’s curiosity.

customer

▪ Each individual uses the product of another supplier and his/her output has to satisfy a customer.

▪ Hence they tend to satisfy their customers while wasting far less.

▪ Purists might call it chiming rather than genuine ringing but Saint Mary’s has some very satisfied customers.

▪ A happy and satisfied customer would tell five other people about the company.

▪ Fifteen separate routes have been made the responsibility of managers whose chief aim is to satisfy their customers.

▪ The desired outcome of most services, after all, is a satisfied customer.

▪ Employees at Yahoo! constantly experiment to improve their site and so satisfy more customers.

demand

▪ The consequence was that very few Yugoslav enterprises were established mainly to satisfy export demand.

▪ Minnebraker started manufacturing trikes to satisfy the demands of his aircraft parts business.

▪ The extension of the informal conciliatory system will not satisfy the demand for an investigative system.

▪ He needed to create junk bonds to satisfy the demand for them.

▪ Exacerbated by drought, water abstraction has increased by 70 percent over the past three years to satisfy consumer demand.

▪ To satisfy the demands of wealthier parishioners for more comfort during the often lengthy sermons, pews with cushions began to proliferate.

▪ But at Rediscovering Pompeii there are enough screens to satisfy demand, and a technician is in regular attendance.

▪ Schools have to attempt to satisfy the conflicting demands of a whole range of individuals and groups.

desire

▪ It may well be that, throughout our careers we are motivated by the desire to satisfy different needs. 2.

▪ If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs.

▪ So when you become a woman, desire can never be satisfied, understanding never reached and escape never ever made.

▪ He can not understand that he is waiting only a matter of moments before his desire will be satisfied.

▪ The bottled woman arouses desire but does not satisfy it a function similar to modern advertising.

hunger

▪ Food, in our society, is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger.

▪ For example, boiled potatoes satisfied hunger seven times better than croissants.

▪ Perhaps the cat was killing to satisfy hunger.

▪ I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.

▪ Is it slowly savoured and really enjoyed, a splendid taste to satisfy the hunger pangs?

▪ When the others had satisfied their hunger he led the attack.

need

▪ At each stage of their individual development, a number of men stop and grow no further because their needs are satisfied.

▪ Thoughtful attention to needs of people for satisfying relationships leads to a comfortable, friendly organization atmosphere and work tempo.

▪ That need is most frequently satisfied by recourse to a nut or three.

▪ Only needs not yet satisfied can influence behavior; an adequately fulfilled need is not a motivator.

▪ Choice-the need to satisfy the wants and needs arising from socio-economic and demographic change.

▪ With the hen Jack could be content, since now all physical needs are permanently satisfied.

▪ If companies are going to prosper when economic conditions improve, how should these information needs be satisfied?

reasonableness

▪ The burden of proving that a clause satisfies the reasonableness test is on the party who seeks to rely on the clause.

▪ In other cases, liability can be excluded or restricted provided that the term satisfies a test of reasonableness.

requirement

▪ Next year one will be able to satisfy one’s requirement by visiting Disneyland, Paris.

▪ We have found that a single hidden layer node per about 50 input nodes will satisfy our requirements in imaging applications.

▪ Much of what had seemed useless except for satisfying formal requirements, was now vital and important in the teaching situation.

▪ The examination is a collection of questions and individually a question goes some way to satisfying the requirements of the examination.

▪ A specification for the computer system which will satisfy the user’s requirements begins to evolve.

▪ The variety is enormous but many can be ruled out in not satisfying all the requirements.

▪ Beyond satisfying those requirements no specific grouping of subjects is stipulated.

▪ Flake will not satisfy the appetite or requirements of a 10in Oscar.

taste

▪ Is that enough to satisfy your taste for living?

▪ His works satisfied public taste perhaps better than anything else available at the time.

▪ Classes to satisfy nearly every taste and interest are available.

test

▪ The burden of proving that a clause satisfies the reasonableness test is on the party who seeks to rely on the clause.

▪ In other cases, liability can be excluded or restricted provided that the term satisfies a test of reasonableness.

▪ The Vienna Sales Convention prescribes two alternative methods of satisfying the connection test.

■ VERB

fail

▪ Microwave oven danger list fails to satisfy critics.

▪ That alarmed the conservationists while failing to satisfy the engineers.

▪ New prototypes have so far failed to satisfy him.

▪ The presidential decision failed to satisfy either the originators of the law or its main critics.

▪ But even that failed to satisfy the council and, last week, a grovelling apology had to be broadcast.

▪ But it failed to satisfy opposition leaders, who announced they would continue their protests until all their demands are met.

▪ Schools will therefore be liable to lose pupils and funds if they fail to satisfy parents.

▪ They call for more research, and dismiss study after study which fails to satisfy them.

seem

▪ Cuthbert’s oblique reference to Aldfrith in his reply seems to have satisfied her.

▪ Local officials sometimes complained about adverse decisions and strings attached to the grant but generally seemed satisfied.

▪ The customers seem to be satisfied already.

▪ But saucer enthusiasts, it seems, are never satisfied.

▪ Much of what had seemed useless except for satisfying formal requirements, was now vital and important in the teaching situation.

▪ The latter seems to satisfy them because it still gives them a little information they so desperately crave.

▪ This symbolic gesture seemed to satisfy them.

▪ That explanation seemed to satisfy plaintiffs attorneys.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

(are you) satisfied?

▪ I’m here now — are you satisfied?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ A compromise was eventually reached, but even this failed to satisfy environmentalists.

▪ Applicants will have to satisfy the committee that they are suitable for the job.

▪ Her explanation failed to satisfy the jury.

▪ I tried on dozens of wedding dresses before I found one that satisfied me.

▪ The changes I made seemed to satisfy Cooley.

▪ The cheapest products satisfy only minimum safety requirements.

▪ The police said that they were satisfied with his story and let him go free.

▪ What numbers will satisfy the equation 2x + 3 >13?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ In addition more detailed information is obtained on occasion in order to satisfy the needs of adhoc detailed projects.

▪ We’ve already satisfied ourselves that it was an accident.

▪ When the others had satisfied their hunger he led the attack.

Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up toverb

   meet the requirements or expectations of

2. satisfy, gratifyverb

   make happy or satisfied

3. meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfilverb

   fill or meet a want or need

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. satisfyverb

   To do enough; to meet (needs); to fulfill (wishes, requirements).

2. satisfyverb

   To cause (a sentence) to be true when (the sentence) is interpreted in one’s universe.

   The complex numbers satisfy uE000125581uE001.

3. Etymology: From satisfacere, present active infinitive of satisfacio, from satis + facio

Samuel Johnson’s DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SATISFYverb

   Etymology: satisfaire, Fr. satisfacio, Latin.

   1. To content; to please to such a degree as that nothing more is desired.

   A good man shall be satisfied from himself.
   Prov. xiv. 14.

   Will he satisfy his rigour,
   Satisfy’d never?
   John Milton.

   2. To feed to the fill.

   Who hath caused it to rain on the earth, to satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender tree to spring forth?
   Job xxxviii. 27.

   I will pursue and divide the spoil: my lust shall be satisfied upon them.
   Ex. xv. 9.

   The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul.
   Prov. xiii.

   3. To recompense; to pay to content.

   He is well paid that is well satisfied;
   And I, delivering you, am satisfied,
   And therein do account myself well paid.
   William Shakespeare.

   4. To free from doubt, perplexity, or suspense.

   Of many things useful and curious you may satisfy yourselves in Leonardo de Vinci.
   Dryden.

   When come to the utmost extremity of body, what can there put a stop and satisfy the mind that it is at the end of space, when it is satisfied that body itself can move into it?
   John Locke.

   This I would willingly be satisfied in, whether the soul, when it thinks thus, separate from the body, acts less rationally than when conjointly with it?
   John Locke.

   5. To convince.

   He declares himself satisfied to the contrary, in which he has given up the cause.
   Dryden.

   The standing evidences of the truth of the Gospel, are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying.
   Francis Atterbury.

2. To Satisfyverb

   To make payment.

   By the quantity of silver they give or take, they estimate the value of other things, and satisfy for them: thus silver becomes the measure of commerce.
   John Locke.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Satisfyadjective

   in general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for

2. Satisfyadjective

   to pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor

3. Satisfyadjective

   to answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution

4. Satisfyadjective

   to free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one’s self by inquiry

5. Satisfyverb

   to give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired

6. Satisfyverb

   to make payment or atonement; to atone

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Satisfy

   Satisfy, released by Vertical Records, is Kathryn Scott’s first solo album, released in 2003. Seven of the songs are penned by Scott herself, including her most famous track, «Hungry», and also «At the foot of the cross» and «Breathe on me now». She also does covers of Matt Redman’s «Blessed be Your name», Mercy Me’s «Imagine», and Isaac Watts’ classic «When I Survey the Wondrous Cross».

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Satisfy

   sat′is-fī, v.t. to give enough to: to supply fully: to please fully: to discharge: to free from doubt: to convince.—v.i. to give content: to supply fully: to make payment:—pa.t. and pa.p. sat′isfied.—n. Satisfac′tion, state of being satisfied: gratification: comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment, quittance: conviction: repairing a wrong, as by a duel.—adj. Satisfac′tive (obs.).—adv. Satisfac′torily.—n. Satisfac′toriness.—adjs. Satisfac′tory, satisfying: giving contentment: making amends or payment: atoning: convincing; Satisfī′able, capable of being satisfied.—n. Sat′isfīer.—adj. Sat′isfying, satisfactory.—adv. Sat′isfyingly.—Satisfaction theory (of the Atonement), the ordinary theory of Catholic orthodoxy that Christ made satisfaction to Divine justice for the guilt of human sin by suffering as the human representative, and that thus Divine forgiveness was made possible. [Fr. satisfaire—L. satisfacĕre, satis, enough, facĕre, to make.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. satisfy

   To fulfill a desire.

   The food did satisfy our requirement for food.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

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   satisfy

   To fulfill what is just, right and fair.

   They did their best to satisfy their clients.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘satisfy’ in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4598

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘satisfy’ in Verbs Frequency: #582

How to pronounce satisfy?

How to say satisfy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of satisfy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of satisfy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of satisfy in a Sentence

1. Zennon Kapron:

   With the market turning south and regulators not being happy, this is an opportunity to satisfy investors and founders who are looking for an exit.

2. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

   The application will be written in such a way so that it will satisfy both the Greek side and the president of the Eurogroup.

3. Zhou Ting:

   The Chinese wealthy want to show discernment, their taste, they’re constantly searching for the newest experience, something different. Apple can satisfy that.

4. Rudy Giuliani:

   We would not recommend an interview for the President unless they can satisfy us that there is some basis for this investigation.

5. Yannis Tourtouras:

   We’ll be outside parliament, with our tractors, if they submit a bill which does not satisfy our demands.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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Translations for satisfy

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

• عوArabic
• satisferCatalan, Valencian
• uspokojit, vyhovětCzech
• tilfredsstilleDanish
• erfüllen, befriedigen, zufriedenstellenGerman
• ικανοποιώGreek
• kontentigiEsperanto
• satisfacerSpanish
• قانع کردنPersian
• tyydyttääFinnish
• satisfaireFrench
• sàsaich, riaraichScottish Gaelic
• satisfacerGalician
• मुआवज़ा देनाHindi
• teljesítHungarian
• բավարարելArmenian
• memuaskanIndonesian
• accontentare, soddisfare, saziareItalian
• לְסַפֵּקHebrew
• 満たすJapanese
• 풀다Korean
• sufficio, satisfacio, SATIOLatin
• whakaupa, whakahei, whakanāMāori
• voldoen, voldoende, bevredigenDutch
• tilfredsstilleNorwegian
• usatysfakcjonowaćPolish
• satisfazerPortuguese
• satisfaceRomanian
• удовлетворять, удовлетворитьRussian
• zadovoljíti, zadovoljevátiSlovene
• uppfylla, tillfredsställaSwedish
• திருப்திTamil
• తీర్చుTelugu
• พอใจThai
• yetmek, doyurmak, tatmin etmekTurkish
• задовольнятиUkrainian
• مطمئنUrdu
• thỏa mãn, làm vui lòngVietnamese
• באַפרידיקןYiddish
• 满Chinese

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