demand | English to English Dictionary

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demand

(d/I/'m/&/nd )

an urgent or peremptory request(noun.communication)

Example:
His demands for attention were unceasing.

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the ability and desire to purchase goods and services(noun.process)

Example:
The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips.
The demand exceeded the supply.

Antonym:
supply

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required activity(noun.cognition)

Example:
There were many demands on his time.

Synonym:
requirement

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the act of demanding(noun.act)

Example:
The kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money.

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a condition requiring relief(noun.state)

Example:
There is a demand for jobs.

Synonym:
need

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The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.(noun)

source: webster1913

request urgently and forcefully(verb.communication)

Example:
The victim's family is demanding compensation.
The boss demanded that he be fired immediately.
She demanded to see the manager.

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require as useful, just, or proper(verb.stative)

Example:
This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice.

Synonym:
ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
Antonym:
eliminate, obviate, rid of

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claim as due or just(verb.communication)

Example:
The bank demanded payment of the loan.

Synonym:
exact

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lay legal claim to(verb.communication)

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summon to court(verb.communication)

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ask to be informed of(verb.communication)

Example:
I demand an explanation.

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To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a demand; to inquire.(verb)

source: webster1913