SATISFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satisfice mean? 

• SATISFICE (verb)
  The verb SATISFICE has 1 sense:

1. decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal

  Familiarity information: SATISFICE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATISFICE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they satisfice    ... he / she / it satisfices   
Past simple: satisficed   
Past participle: satisficed   
-ing form: satisficing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

satisfice; satisfise

Context example:

optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice

Hypernyms (to "satisfice" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s