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satisfy
nouns
satisfy a need
• Education must satisfy the needs of its pupils.
satisfy a demand
• The company was unable to satisfy demand for the product.
satisfy somebody's appetite/hunger
• They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.
satisfy a desire
• It is difficult to satisfy a desire for power.
satisfy an urge
• Her urge to travel had never been satisfied.
satisfy somebody's curiosity
(= let someone know something they want to know )
• I had to read the letter, just to satisfy my curiosity.
satisfy somebody's wants
(= provide the things that someone wants )
• We work hard to satisfy customers' wants.
satisfy somebody's aspirations
(= provide the things that someone hopes to get )
• The new government failed to satisfy the aspirations of the people.
satisfy somebody's cravings
(= satisfy a strong desire )
• I needed to satisfy my cravings for chocolate.
satisfy 2
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satisfy a requirement
• The application must satisfy the requirements of Article 6.
satisfy a condition
• Free treatment is available providing that two conditions are satisfied.
satisfy a criterion
• These programmes permit students to enter higher education without satisfying all the admissions criteria.
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verb VERB + SATISFY must, should The education system must satisfy the needs of all children. | be able/unable to, can/could The owners were unable to satisfy all the demands of the workers. Nothing could satisfy his desire for power. | seem to His answer seemed to satisfy her. | be enough to, be sufficient to Her description of events was not enough to satisfy the court. | fail to The meal failed to satisfy his hunger.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary