satisfice
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satisfice
(ˈsætɪsˌfaɪs)vb
1. (intr) to act in such a way as to satisfy the minimum requirements for achieving a particular result
2. (tr) obsolete to satisfy
[C16: altered from satisfy]
ˈsatisˌficer n
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satisfice
Past participle: satisficed
Gerund: satisficing
| Imperative |
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| satisfice |
| satisfice |
| Present |
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| I satisfice |
| you satisfice |
| he/she/it satisfices |
| we satisfice |
| you satisfice |
| they satisfice |
| Preterite |
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| I satisficed |
| you satisficed |
| he/she/it satisficed |
| we satisficed |
| you satisficed |
| they satisficed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am satisficing |
| you are satisficing |
| he/she/it is satisficing |
| we are satisficing |
| you are satisficing |
| they are satisficing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have satisficed |
| you have satisficed |
| he/she/it has satisficed |
| we have satisficed |
| you have satisficed |
| they have satisficed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was satisficing |
| you were satisficing |
| he/she/it was satisficing |
| we were satisficing |
| you were satisficing |
| they were satisficing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had satisficed |
| you had satisficed |
| he/she/it had satisficed |
| we had satisficed |
| you had satisficed |
| they had satisficed |
| Future |
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| I will satisfice |
| you will satisfice |
| he/she/it will satisfice |
| we will satisfice |
| you will satisfice |
| they will satisfice |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be satisficing |
| you will be satisficing |
| he/she/it will be satisficing |
| we will be satisficing |
| you will be satisficing |
| they will be satisficing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been satisficing |
| you have been satisficing |
| he/she/it has been satisficing |
| we have been satisficing |
| you have been satisficing |
| they have been satisficing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been satisficing |
| you will have been satisficing |
| he/she/it will have been satisficing |
| we will have been satisficing |
| you will have been satisficing |
| they will have been satisficing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been satisficing |
| you had been satisficing |
| he/she/it had been satisficing |
| we had been satisficing |
| you had been satisficing |
| they had been satisficing |
| Conditional |
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| I would satisfice |
| you would satisfice |
| he/she/it would satisfice |
| we would satisfice |
| you would satisfice |
| they would satisfice |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
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Verb 1. satisfice - decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice"
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