Satisfies

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Fulfills the necessary criteria or conditions as expected
2. Meets the demands or standards set by a rule or expectation
3. Sufficiently fulfills a prerequisite or requirement established for approval

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so it is the third-person singular present of "satisfy", and that verb is the one with the real story. It comes from Latin "satisfacere", literally "to do enough", built from "satis" ("enough, sufficient") and "facere" ("to make, to do"). The same pattern gives us "facet", "factory" and "fact", all rooted in the idea of making or doing. The verb passed through Old French, where it appeared as "satisfier" and "satisfaire", before reaching Middle English as "satisfyen" and "satisfien". Its core sense has stayed remarkably steady across those centuries: to do enough to meet what is needed or demanded. When a candidate satisfies a requirement, the candidate has done enough to meet it, which is exactly the Latin idea of making something sufficient.

Synonyms: fulfills, meets, satisfactorily completes, gratifies, content

Antonyms: displeases, dissatisfies, frustrates, fails, upsets