verb
Meaning 1
To be enough (for)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- That brief explanation will never satisfy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
To be enough (for)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To be enough (for)
To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To be enough (for)
To provide what is wanted or required for (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, transitive
Synonyms: supply, appease
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, finance
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, literary, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
fill or meet a want or need
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: meet, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: provide, supply, ply, cater
Narrower terms: answer, quell, stay, appease, feed on, feed upon, quench, slake, allay, assuage
verb
make happy or satisfied
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gratify
Antonyms: dissatisfy
Narrower terms: please, delight, content
verb
meet the requirements or expectations of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fulfill, fulfil, live up to
Antonyms: fall short of
Broader terms: meet, fit, conform to
Narrower terms: suffice, do, answer, serve, cover
History
Etymology tree ▲ Latin satisfacerepcalq. Old French satisfierder. Middle English satisfyen English satisfy From Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make; to do”).
Across languages
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.