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Satisfy means to meet expectations, needs, or desires adequately. Regular verb: satisfy-satisfied-satisfied.
Meanings
- To fulfill needs or desires
- To meet requirements or conditions
- To convince or assure
Common Collocations
satisfy requirements
satisfy curiosity
satisfy customers
satisfy hunger
hard to satisfy
Tip for Learners
Satisfy means adequately meeting needs. Compare with gratify (give pleasure) and content (make peacefully happy).
Present Simple
| I | satisfy |
| you | satisfy |
| he/she/it | satisfies |
| we | satisfy |
| they | satisfy |
Examples - Present Simple
- I satisfy my customers.
- You satisfy the requirements.
- She satisfies her curiosity.
- We satisfy the demand.
- They satisfy the conditions.
Present Continuous
| I | am satisfying |
| you | are satisfying |
| he/she/it | is satisfying |
| we | are satisfying |
| they | are satisfying |
Examples - Present Continuous
- I am satisfying the customer.
- You are satisfying requirements.
- She is satisfying her curiosity.
- We are satisfying demand.
- They are satisfying conditions.
Present Perfect
| I | have satisfied |
| you | have satisfied |
| he/she/it | has satisfied |
| we | have satisfied |
| they | have satisfied |
Examples - Present Perfect
- I have satisfied the customer.
- You have satisfied requirements.
- She has satisfied her curiosity.
- We have satisfied demand.
- They have satisfied conditions.
Present Perfect Continuous
| I | have been satisfying |
| you | have been satisfying |
| he/she/it | has been satisfying |
| we | have been satisfying |
| they | have been satisfying |
Examples - Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been satisfying customers.
- You have been satisfying requirements.
- She has been satisfying curiosity.
- We have been satisfying demand.
- They have been satisfying conditions.
Past Simple
| I | satisfied |
| you | satisfied |
| he/she/it | satisfied |
| we | satisfied |
| they | satisfied |
Examples - Past Simple
- I satisfied the customer.
- You satisfied requirements.
- She satisfied her curiosity.
- We satisfied the demand.
- They satisfied conditions.
Past Continuous
| I | was satisfying |
| you | were satisfying |
| he/she/it | was satisfying |
| we | were satisfying |
| they | were satisfying |
Examples - Past Continuous
- I was satisfying customers.
- You were satisfying requirements.
- She was satisfying curiosity.
- We were satisfying demand.
- They were satisfying conditions.
Past Perfect
| I | had satisfied |
| you | had satisfied |
| he/she/it | had satisfied |
| we | had satisfied |
| they | had satisfied |
Examples - Past Perfect
- I had satisfied the customer.
- You had satisfied requirements.
- She had satisfied her curiosity.
- We had satisfied demand.
- They had satisfied conditions.
Past Perfect Continuous
| I | had been satisfying |
| you | had been satisfying |
| he/she/it | had been satisfying |
| we | had been satisfying |
| they | had been satisfying |
Examples - Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been satisfying customers.
- You had been satisfying requirements.
- He had been satisfying curiosity.
- We had been satisfying demand.
- They had been satisfying conditions.
Future Simple
| I | will satisfy |
| you | will satisfy |
| he/she/it | will satisfy |
| we | will satisfy |
| they | will satisfy |
Examples - Future Simple
- I will satisfy the customer.
- You will satisfy requirements.
- She will satisfy her curiosity.
- We will satisfy demand.
- They will satisfy conditions.
Future Continuous
| I | will be satisfying |
| you | will be satisfying |
| he/she/it | will be satisfying |
| we | will be satisfying |
| they | will be satisfying |
Examples - Future Continuous
- I will be satisfying customers.
- You will be satisfying requirements.
- He will be satisfying curiosity.
- We will be satisfying demand.
- They will be satisfying conditions.
Future Perfect
| I | will have satisfied |
| you | will have satisfied |
| he/she/it | will have satisfied |
| we | will have satisfied |
| they | will have satisfied |
Examples - Future Perfect
- I will have satisfied the customer.
- You will have satisfied requirements.
- She will have satisfied her curiosity.
- We will have satisfied demand.
- They will have satisfied conditions.
Future Perfect Continuous
| I | will have been satisfying |
| you | will have been satisfying |
| he/she/it | will have been satisfying |
| we | will have been satisfying |
| they | will have been satisfying |
Examples - Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been satisfying customers.
- You will have been satisfying requirements.
- He will have been satisfying curiosity.
- We will have been satisfying demand.
- They will have been satisfying conditions.