Collocations for "satisfy"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "satisfy" in context.
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satisfy
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- satisfy your [desires, hunger]
- satisfy their [demands, needs]
- satisfy the [need, desire, demand] for
- satisfy your own [needs, desires] (first)
- satisfy the requirements for the [school, job]
- (enough) to satisfy requirements
- [all, only some, which] of the requirements were satisfied
- [a snack, a meal, enough] to satisfy your hunger
- [not enough, more than enough, insufficient] to satisfy
- satisfy yourself by [checking, phoning]
- satisfy (him) with their [assurances, answers, word]
- [assurances] satisfied him
- sexually explicit: satisfied her [husband, lover, boyfriend, partner]
- sexually explicit: [couldn't, tried to, did everything to] satisfy her [husband]
- sexually explicit: satisfy her sexually
- sexually explicit: satisfy yourself (by masturbating)
- satisfy [a debt, a loan, an obligation]
- the [debt] was satisfied in [full, 5 years]
'satisfy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
applicant
- changing
- client
- condition
- customer
- existing
- hoard
- hunger
- infrastructure
- inquisitive
- length
- raging
- requirement
- rising
- soaring
- staff
- starving
- supply
- wanderlust
- want