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# satisfied

«satisfied» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pleased because you got what you wanted or needed: She…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (satisfied, more satisfied); verb, past form of satisfy (satisfy, satisfies, satisfied, satisfying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pleased because you got what you wanted or needed: She was satisfied with her score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#m1)

2) Sure that something is true: I am satisfied that he is telling the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#m2)

3) (of hunger, needs) Having had enough: The food satisfied our hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#m3)

4) (maths) An equation or condition is satisfied when the numbers make it true: x = 3 satisfies x + 2 = 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a value «satisfies» an equation or rule when it makes it true — check by putting it back in. In everyday life «satisfied customers» are happy with what they bought. In stories a character gives a satisfied smile. Phrases: «satisfied with», «satisfied customer», «be satisfied that», «satisfies the condition».

### examples

- I'm satisfied with my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x1)
- The number 4 satisfies the equation 2 × n = 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x2)
- After lunch, I felt satisfied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x3)
- The teacher was satisfied that we had done our best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x4)
- Which numbers satisfy «greater than 10 and less than 15»? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x5)
- Satisfied customers come back again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x6)
- The cat gave a satisfied purr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x7)
- ‘Are you satisfied now?’ asked Matte. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/#x8)

### note

From «satisfy»: y → ied. Opposite: dissatisfied, unsatisfied. Noun: satisfaction. Satisfied (pleased enough) is weaker than delighted.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt eat and be satisfied, and bless the LORD thy God for the good land which He hath given thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.256/)
- [lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.258/)
- [And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.333/)
- [And Chaldea shall be a spoil; all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1340/)
- [As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.210/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «satisfied» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfied/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.