satisfy
pronunciation
How to pronounce satisfy in British English:
UK [ˈsætɪsfaɪ]
How to pronounce satisfy in American English:
US [ˈsætɪsfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- fulfil the requirements or expectations of
- make happy or satisfied
- fill or meet a want or need
Word Origin
- satisfy
- satisfy: [15] Etymologically, satisfy means ‘make enough’. It comes, via Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’, a compound verb formed from satis ‘enough’ (a relative of English sad, sated, and saturate, and source of English satiate). The derived noun satisfaction reached English well over a century before the verb, in the specialized ecclesiastical sense ‘performance of penance’.=> sad, sated, satiate, saturate
- satisfy (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French satisfier, from Old French satisfaire "pay, repay, make reparation" (14c., Modern French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere "discharge fully, comply with, make amends," literally "do enough," from satis "enough" (from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy;" see sad) + facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Related: Satisfied; satisfying.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Professionals identify and satisfy their customer 's needs .
- 2. While this is an attractive image it somehow doesn 't satisfy .
- 3. Success without honor is an unseasoned dish ; it will satisfy your hunger , but it won 't taste good .
- 4. But he comes close to doing so , sounding almost desperate to stretch the semantic elastic to satisfy the doubters .
- 5. Any answer will fail to satisfy .