EGAVE

satisfy

About 14.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To be enough (for)
    That brief explanation will never satisfy.
  2. verb To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of .
    The final rehearsal of the day seemed to satisfy the director.
  3. verb To provide what is wanted or required for .
    Even three giant helpings of turkey and ham didn't satisfy her appetite.
  4. verb To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
    to satisfy a creditor
  5. verb To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
    to satisfy a claim or an execution
  6. 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.
  7. 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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