Satisfy

Quick meaning: Satisfy is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To be enough (for).

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To be enough (for).

More Meanings

1. (finance, transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
2. (law, transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
3. (mathematics, logic, transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
4. (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.

Example Sentences

to satisfy a creditor

to satisfy a claim or an execution

That brief explanation will never satisfy.

The complex numbers satisfy #92;existsx#58;x²#43;1#61;0.

Word Forms

• satisfies
• satisfying
• satisfied

Synonyms for satisfy

Depending on context, synonyms include abound, amuse, appease, assuage, captivate, cater.

Antonyms for satisfy

Common opposites include disappoint, dissatisfy, exhaust, worsen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fulfill, meet, gratify, fill, fulfil, comply.

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