to satisfy
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2.0
- verb
- /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/
:
satisfacer
- The restaurant worked hard to satisfy its customers by improving the menu.
- satisfy the need
- satisfy customers
- satisfy people
I think that you don't satisfy A moral hunger with fast food.
- I think that you don't satisfy A moral hunger with fast food.
- Feels like that doesn't satisfy my need.
- It's intended sometimes for trying to satisfy those who might have great curiosity.
- And so in some way, seeking their reform would satisfy our revenge.
- You'll be able to satisfy your conscience with those memories.
- There was not one bill that was going to satisfy all of those players.
- Oh, these are practices that people do because it helps satisfy some of that angst.
- And if robots are going to, you know, satisfy our dreams, they need to be smarter.
- I've been wanting to read something that would satisfy what Artemis didn't do for me.
- And they need your unique method to solve that problem or satisfy that insatiable craving.
- So once they satisfy my needs, I become their missionary for the next job.
- People that I on some level satisfy our ego.
- There was too many people I could not like satisfy that many custom things.
- I don't feel the need to, to satisfy people's happiness.
- You know, you might desire to mate, but you don't satisfy this desire in small claims court.
- And then I realized why it was so dark, because I was just satisfying, complete ridiculous self.
Examples
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The staff takes into account the customer's wishes and does everything to satisfy them.
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Her thoughtful gifts always satisfy her friends during the holidays.
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There was not one bill that was going to satisfy all of those players.
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"Gentlemen," I said, "I believe I have a solution that will satisfy everyone concerned."
Fiction book (1994) -
Just think of one step that you're going to take next to satisfy your purpose and move forward.
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Thus, despite some unanswered questions, the students were satisfied at the end of the reflection period.
Academic text (1991) -
Nonetheless, it seems reasonable to conclude that fans are, in general, not satisfied with umpire performance.
Academic text (1990) -
The users in undergraduate admissions were satisfied with their current batch system despite its technical drawbacks.
Academic text (1991) -
He felt happy after the surprise party, as it managed to satisfy his expectations.
Synonyms
660
1.3
To satisfy a rule or need
265
2.8
To do what is required or promised
216
1.0
To make someone happy or satisfied
18
4.6
To make yourself or someone else satisfied with something
11
6.2
To fully satisfy a need like hunger or curiosity
11
4.6
To please someone or make them feel happy
10
6.0
To make a feeling or want less strong by giving what someone wants
Antonyms
How Pleasing
Surface Forms
Morphology
satisfy = satis + fy
The suffix '-fy' ('make') signals an action, but the root 'satis' is not an independent English word, so knowing component parts only partially predicts the sense.
Etymology
The word satisfy comes from the Latin parts satis 'enough' and facere 'to make'. So, to satisfy a person is to give them 'enough' — to fill a need and make them pleased.