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satisfy
1 transitive to please someone by giving them something that they want or needan agreement that is unlikely to satisfy environmental campaigners It’s impossible to satisfy everyone. Synonyms and related words
To provide something needed or missing 1a intransitive/transitive if something satisfies your needs or wants, it gives you what you need or wantcelebrities who will do almost anything to satisfy their craving for publicity satisfy someone’s curiosity: I just want to satisfy my curiosity – why did he do it? satisfy someone’s hunger/appetite/thirst: There’s nothing like a cold beer to satisfy your thirst. satisfy the demand for something (=provide as much as people want): Entire forests are being destroyed to satisfy the demand for wooden furniture. Synonyms and related words
Satisfaction and satisfying a need satisfaction satisfy content
Nouns frequently used with satisfy ▪ appetite, aspiration, craving, curiosity, demand, desire, greed, need, urge, want, wish
2 transitive if something satisfies a rule, condition, or standard, it has all the qualities or features that are necessary according to the rule, condition etcStudents must satisfy all requirements to be accepted on the course. Synonyms and related words
To be good enough or as good as expected
Nouns frequently used as objects of satisfy ▪ condition, criterion, expectation, requirement, test
3 transitive to provide someone with the evidence that they need in order to be certain that something is truesatisfy someone/yourself (that): The prosecution has to satisfy the jury that the defendant is guilty. We’ll be carrying out our own inspection, to satisfy ourselves that safety standards are acceptable. Synonyms and related words
To show or agree that something is true 4 transitive mathsif a number or group of numbers satisfies an equation, it is a correct solution to it Synonyms and related words
satisfy
1 transitive to please someone by giving them something that they want or needan agreement that is unlikely to satisfy environmental campaigners It’s impossible to satisfy everyone. Synonyms and related words
To provide something needed or missing 1a intransitive/transitive if something satisfies your needs or wants, it gives you what you need or wantcelebrities who will do almost anything to satisfy their craving for publicity satisfy someone’s curiosity: I just want to satisfy my curiosity – why did he do it? satisfy someone’s hunger/appetite/thirst: There’s nothing like a cold beer to satisfy your thirst. satisfy the demand for something (=provide as much as people want): Entire forests are being destroyed to satisfy the demand for wooden furniture. Synonyms and related words
Satisfaction and satisfying a need satisfaction satisfy content
Nouns frequently used with satisfy ▪ appetite, aspiration, craving, curiosity, demand, desire, greed, need, urge, want, wish
2 transitive if something satisfies a rule, condition, or standard, it has all the qualities or features that are necessary according to the rule, condition, etc.Students must satisfy all the requirements to be accepted into the program. Synonyms and related words
To be good enough or as good as expected
Nouns frequently used as objects of satisfy ▪ condition, criterion, expectation, requirement, test
3 transitive to provide someone with the evidence that they need in order to be certain that something is truesatisfy someone/yourself (that): The prosecution has to satisfy the jury that the defendant is guilty. We’ll be carrying out our own inspection, to satisfy ourselves that safety standards are acceptable. Synonyms and related words
To show or agree that something is true 4 transitive mathsif a number or group of numbers satisfies an equation, it is a correct solution to it Synonyms and related words
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