Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to satisfice
Participle: satisficed
Gerund: satisficing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | satisfice |
| you | satisfice |
| he;she;it | satisfices |
| we | satisfice |
| you | satisfice |
| they | satisfice |
Perfect
| I | have satisficed |
| you | have satisficed |
| he;she;it | has satisficed |
| we | have satisficed |
| you | have satisficed |
| they | have satisficed |
Past
| I | satisficed |
| you | satisficed |
| he;she;it | satisficed |
| we | satisficed |
| you | satisficed |
| they | satisficed |
Pluperfect
| I | had satisficed |
| you | had satisficed |
| he;she;it | had satisficed |
| we | had satisficed |
| you | had satisficed |
| they | had satisficed |
Future
| I | will satisfice |
| you | will satisfice |
| he;she;it | will satisfice |
| we | will satisfice |
| you | will satisfice |
| they | will satisfice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have satisficed |
| you | will have satisficed |
| he;she;it | will have satisficed |
| we | will have satisficed |
| you | will have satisficed |
| they | will have satisficed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | satisfice |
| you | satisfice |
| he;she;it | satisfice |
| we | satisfice |
| you | satisfice |
| they | satisfice |
Perfect
| I | have satisficed |
| you | have satisficed |
| he;she;it | have satisficed |
| we | have satisficed |
| you | have satisficed |
| they | have satisficed |
Imperfect
| I | satisficed |
| you | satisficed |
| he;she;it | satisficed |
| we | satisficed |
| you | satisficed |
| they | satisficed |
Pluperfect
| I | had satisficed |
| you | had satisficed |
| he;she;it | had satisficed |
| we | had satisficed |
| you | had satisficed |
| they | had satisficed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would satisfice |
| you | would satisfice |
| he;she;it | would satisfice |
| we | would satisfice |
| you | would satisfice |
| they | would satisfice |
Perfect
| I | would have satisficed |
| you | would have satisficed |
| he;she;it | would have satisficed |
| we | would have satisficed |
| you | would have satisficed |
| they | would have satisficed |
Imperative
| you | satisfice |
| we | Let's satisfice |
| you | satisfice |
Verbs conjugated like 'satisfice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'satisfice'
artifice,
sacrifice,
satirise,
satirize,
satisfy,
atslike,
cationize,
dativize,
fetishise,
fetishize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1560, Northern alteration of satisfy, probably influenced in form by Latin satisfacere. See: Latin '
satisfacere'.
Sample Sentences
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Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’. [1956, H[erbert] A. Simon, “Rational Choice and the Structure of the Environment”, in Psychological Review, volume 63, number 2, page 129:]
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[T]here are two contrasting types of decision-making mentalities, maximizing and satisficing. If you're choosing a marriage partner, you probably want to maximize. You want to find the very best person you are totally in love with. […] But politics is not like that. Politics is a prosaic activity most of the time. You probably want to satisfice, pick the person who's good enough, who seems reasonably responsible. [2015 December 4, David Brooks, “No, Donald Trump won't win [print version: International New York Times, 5–6 December 2015, page 9]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2015:]