satisfy

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb meet the requirements or expectations of
  2. verb make happy or satisfied
  3. verb fill or meet a want or need

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

fulfill, fulfil, live up to

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