SATISFY


Meaning of SATISFY in English

verb

VERB + SATISFY

▪ have to , must , should

The education system must ~ the needs of all children.

▪ be able to , can

Nothing could ~ his desire for power.

We could never ~ all their requests

▪ be unable to

The owners were unable to ~ all the demands of the workers.

▪ seem to

His answer seemed to ~ her.

▪ be enough to , be sufficient to

Her description of events was not enough to ~ the court.

▪ fail to

The meal failed to ~ his hunger.

Satisfy is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ appetite , ↑ aspiration , ↑ condition , ↑ consumer , ↑ craving , ↑ criterion , ↑ curiosity , ↑ customer , ↑ demand , ↑ desire , ↑ ego , ↑ equation , ↑ expectation , ↑ fan , ↑ fantasy , ↑ greed , ↑ hunger , ↑ instinct , ↑ judge , ↑ longing , ↑ lust , ↑ need , ↑ preference , ↑ regulation , ↑ requirement , ↑ taste , ↑ thirst , ↑ tribunal , ↑ urge , ↑ want , ↑ whim , ↑ yearning

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .