satisfy
About 14.75 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To be enough (for)
That brief explanation will never satisfy.
- verb To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of .
The final rehearsal of the day seemed to satisfy the director.
- verb To provide what is wanted or required for .
Even three giant helpings of turkey and ham didn't satisfy her appetite.
- verb To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
to satisfy a creditor
- verb To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
to satisfy a claim or an execution
- verb To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
The complex numbers satisfy ∃x:x2+1=0.
- verb To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
Similar words
fulfill meet gratify fill fulfil live up to comply compliant satisfactory fit
Often followed by
the their his a all them this him himself
Word family
satisfied satisfies satisfying
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