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Meanings of satisfy in English

Portuguese
cumprir
Spanish
satisfacer

Fill or meet a want or need.

      cumprir
      Portuguese
      agradar
      Catalan
      satisfer
      Spanish
      gratificar

      To give pleasure to; to make happy or satisfied.

          agradar
          Usage of satisfy in English
          1
          A NYSE spokesman said the date was set to satisfy German law.
          Reuters
          2
          Still, some outside observers expect the changes will not satisfy the industry.
          Reuters
          3
          I'm sure it's in your government report somewhere and will hardly satisfy.
          The bourne ultimatum
          4
          Doctors have long complained about excessive paperwork required to satisfy insurance companies.
          Reuters
          5
          I also think leaders should maybe not satisfy every demand, Cole said.
          Reuters
          6
          An index lookup is used to satisfy the result of a subquery.
          Mysql stored procedure programming
          7
          Brother Jacques; he will satisfy my curiosity in the matter of absolution.
          The Grey Cloak
          8
          So did he, of course, but that answer did not satisfy them.
          Children of Time
          9
          It would not satisfy critics of the banks' involvement in physical trading.
          Reuters
          10
          They may not even be able to know or satisfy the need.
          Ebony
          11
          The Profumo case offered him the opportunity to satisfy both at once.
          The Guardian
          12
          Also read: Virtual travel experiences to help satisfy your wanderlust during lockdown
          The South African
          13
          So we needed a solution, a compromise that would satisfy both goals.
          Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
          14
          The simple prospect of marriage and motherhood could never satisfy in itself.
          The Man in the Twilight
          15
          A bus pass could satisfy for proof of identity, said one trader.
          Reuters
          16
          However, there were enough high fliers there that night to satisfy anybody.
          The Irish Times
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