Satisfy
verb
To make someone pleased or content by giving them what they want or need.
The pizza really satisfied my hunger.
Often appears as...
- satisfy a need
- satisfy hunger
verb
To show or prove to be correct, just, or valid.
The investigation satisfied the police that the suspect was innocent.
Often appears as...
- satisfy the criteria
- satisfy the requirements
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To fulfill or comply with (a condition, requirement, or rule).
We needed to satisfy all the course requirements to graduate.
Often appears as...
- satisfy the stipulations
- satisfy the conditions
verb
To convince by argument or evidence.
I satisfied him of my innocence.
Often appears as...
- satisfy a query
- satisfy a doubt
verb
To make someone pleased or content by giving them what they want or need.
The pizza really satisfied my hunger.
Often appears as...
- satisfy a need
- satisfy hunger
verb
To show or prove to be correct, just, or valid.
The investigation satisfied the police that the suspect was innocent.
Often appears as...
- satisfy the criteria
- satisfy the requirements
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To fulfill or comply with (a condition, requirement, or rule).
We needed to satisfy all the course requirements to graduate.
Often appears as...
- satisfy the stipulations
- satisfy the conditions
verb
To convince by argument or evidence.
I satisfied him of my innocence.
Often appears as...
- satisfy a query
- satisfy a doubt
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Context of Pleasure
Use 'satisfy' when something brings happiness or pleasure, especially after a need is met.
The cool breeze satisfied my desire for fresh air.
Pro Tip 2/2Tangible Fulfillment
'Satisfy' often applies to physical states like hunger, thirst, or comfort.
The hearty meal satisfied our growing appetites.
Pro Tip 1/2Context of Pleasure
Use 'satisfy' when something brings happiness or pleasure, especially after a need is met.
The cool breeze satisfied my desire for fresh air.
Pro Tip 2/2Tangible Fulfillment
'Satisfy' often applies to physical states like hunger, thirst, or comfort.
The hearty meal satisfied our growing appetites.
Pro Tip 1/2Context of Pleasure
Use 'satisfy' when something brings happiness or pleasure, especially after a need is met.
The cool breeze satisfied my desire for fresh air.
Pro Tip 2/2Tangible Fulfillment
'Satisfy' often applies to physical states like hunger, thirst, or comfort.
The hearty meal satisfied our growing appetites.
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
You really want to get the decision right if it's for all eternity, right? You don't want to pick the wrong mutual fund or wrong salad dressing. So that's one effect. The second effect is that, even if we manage to overcome the paralysis and make a choice, we end up less satisfied with the result of the choice
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Can robots be creative?...
that the result might pass the Lovelace Test. More importantly, thanks to the presence of human aesthetic in the process, we'll theoretically generate melodies we would consider beautiful. But does this satisfy our intuition for what is truly creative? Is it enough to make something original and beautiful,
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Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
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Can you solve the three...
Now that you know whether its answers are true or false, ask the same alien whether the center overlord is Arr. The process of elimination will identify the remaining one. The satisfied overlords help you repair your ship and you prepare for takeoff.
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The pleasure of poetic...
Ultimately, this is the poet's balancing act, learning when to repeat and when to riff, when to satisfy expectations, and when to thwart them, and in that balance, it may be enough to remember we all live in a world of wild variation
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America’s most just...
and reliable products do they protect employee rights are they well governed and generated profit do they minimize their environmental impact do they make safe and reliable products that have value and satisfy customers do
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Building a dinosaur from...
But I don't think that'll satisfy the sixth-graders either. But there's another thing. There's what we call atavism activation. And atavism activation is basically -- an atavism is an ancestral characteristic.
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The family I lost in...
In the same way, you may also change someone's life with even the smallest act of love. A piece of bread can satisfy your hunger, and having the hope will bring you bread to keep you alive.
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Free Love PIPE National...
their elders debated the couple kept still in the end Audra's mother welcomed her daughter's suitor I am satisfied on all accounts that is it as a mother I will be supportive of you
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These Ancient Birds Have...
In the end, the female seems satisfied with the finish and just in time.
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
You really want to get the decision right if it's for all eternity, right? You don't want to pick the wrong mutual fund or wrong salad dressing. So that's one effect. The second effect is that, even if we manage to overcome the paralysis and make a choice, we end up less satisfied with the result of the choice
Video examples
Can robots be creative?...
that the result might pass the Lovelace Test. More importantly, thanks to the presence of human aesthetic in the process, we'll theoretically generate melodies we would consider beautiful. But does this satisfy our intuition for what is truly creative? Is it enough to make something original and beautiful,
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
Video examples
Can you solve the three...
Now that you know whether its answers are true or false, ask the same alien whether the center overlord is Arr. The process of elimination will identify the remaining one. The satisfied overlords help you repair your ship and you prepare for takeoff.
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
Ultimately, this is the poet's balancing act, learning when to repeat and when to riff, when to satisfy expectations, and when to thwart them, and in that balance, it may be enough to remember we all live in a world of wild variation
Video examples
America’s most just...
and reliable products do they protect employee rights are they well governed and generated profit do they minimize their environmental impact do they make safe and reliable products that have value and satisfy customers do
Video examples
Building a dinosaur from...
But I don't think that'll satisfy the sixth-graders either. But there's another thing. There's what we call atavism activation. And atavism activation is basically -- an atavism is an ancestral characteristic.
Video examples
The family I lost in...
In the same way, you may also change someone's life with even the smallest act of love. A piece of bread can satisfy your hunger, and having the hope will bring you bread to keep you alive.
Video examples
Free Love PIPE National...
their elders debated the couple kept still in the end Audra's mother welcomed her daughter's suitor I am satisfied on all accounts that is it as a mother I will be supportive of you
Video examples
These Ancient Birds Have...
In the end, the female seems satisfied with the finish and just in time.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
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Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
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Bob Marley
Jamaican Singer
You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.
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Horace
Roman Poet
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Quote examples
Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Quote examples
Bob Marley
Jamaican Singer
You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.
Quote examples
Horace
Roman Poet
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
Quote examples
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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