Collocations for "satisfactory"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "satisfactory" in context.
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satisfactory
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the [result, performance, score, display] was satisfactory [to, for]
- the [student, child, worker] is making satisfactory progress
- [the result, the final product, your answer] was less than satisfactory
- gave a satisfactory [reply, response, answer, explanation]
- [presented, offered] satisfactory [evidence, proof] (of)
- the evidence was [declared, deemed, considered] satisfactory
- [brought, came] to a satisfactory conclusion
- [came to, reached] a satisfactory [agreement, arrangement]
- did not [find, think] the [agreement, outcome] (was) satisfactory
- Is the [agreement] satisfactory to you?
- Does [it, that] sound satisfactory (to you)?
- was satisfactory [for, to] both [sides, parties, companies]
- was satisfactory for [all, all concerned, everyone]
- [should, will, ought to] be satisfactory [to, for]
- [far, way] less than satisfactory
- is more than satisfactory (to me)
- is [quite, perfectly, not at all] satisfactory
- that is (not) a satisfactory explanation
'satisfactory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agreement
- conclusion
- end
- student
- regard
- quote
- outcome
- mark
- distribution
- ending
- explanation
- rationale
- resolution