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to satisfise

to satisfise

9.9
To pick the first thing that is good enough
  • verb
  • UK
translation icon : satisfacer
  • She decided to satisfise by choosing the first apartment that met her basic needs.

Examples

  • Rather than spend hours comparing options, he chose to satisfise and bought a suitable laptop quickly.

  • He chose to satisfise rather than seek perfection.

  • In situations with limited information, people often satisfise instead of searching for the perfect answer.

  • Why did you satisfise with that solution?

  • In situations with limited information, people often satisfise instead of searching for the perfect answer.

  • Rather than spend hours comparing options, he chose to satisfise and bought a suitable laptop quickly.

  • She decided to satisfise by choosing the first apartment that met her basic needs.

Synonyms

to satisfice
vsto satisfise
  • Specialized
1 9.1

To choose the first option that is good enough instead of trying to find the best

has identical meaning but is an alternative spelling of the term

Antonyms

to optimize
69 5.3

Make something work as well as possible

How Optimal

to optimize
69 5.3
to strive
156 3.7
to satisfise
  • UK
9.9
to settle for
143 3.6

Surface Forms

satisfise infinitive
satisfised past
satisfised past participle
satisfising present participle
satisfises third person singular

Etymology

The word satisfise comes from joining satisfy 'meet needs' and suffice 'be enough'. So, to satisfise is to pick the first choice that is 'good enough' rather than spend time looking for the perfect one.