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Verb: demand di'mãnd- Request urgently and forcefully
"The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" - Require as useful, just, or proper
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for - Claim as due or just
"The bank demanded payment of the loan"
- exact - Lay legal claim to
- Summon to court
- Ask to be informed of
"I demand an explanation"
Noun: demand di'mãnd- An urgent or peremptory request
"his demands for attention were unceasing" - The ability and desire to purchase goods and services
"the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" - Required activity
"there were many demands on his time"
- requirement - The act of demanding
"the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" - A condition requiring relief
"there is a demand for jobs"
- need
Derived forms: demanded, demanding, demands See also: demander Type of: activity, bespeak, call for, cite, claim, condition, duty, economic process, obligation, petition, postulation, quest, request, responsibility, status, summon, summons Antonym: supply Encyclopedia: Demand |