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demand definition

de·mand (di mand′, -mänd′)

transitive verb

  1. to ask for boldly or urgently
  2. to ask for as a right or with authority
  3. to order to appear; summon
  4. to ask to know or be informed of
  5. to call for as necessary; require; need the work demands patience
  6. Law to ask relief in court for (what is due one)

Etymology: ME demaunden < OFr demander, to demand < L demandare, to give in charge < de-, away, from + mandare, to entrust: see mandate

intransitive verb

to make a demand

noun

  1. the act of demanding
  2. a thing demanded
  3. a strong or authoritative request
  4. an urgent requirement or claim
  5. Obsolete a question; query
  6. Econ. the desire for a commodity together with ability to pay for it; also, the amount people are ready and able to buy at a certain price
  7. Law a peremptory claim which presupposes no doubt of the claimant's rights
demand Idioms

in demand

wanted or sought

on demand

when presented for payment

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demand Synonyms

demand

n.

  1. A peremptory communication

    order, call, charge, request; see command 1.

  2. Willingness to purchase

    trade, request, sale, bid, need, requirement, interest, vogue, call for, rush, pursuit, search, inquiry, desire to buy, market; see also desire 1.

    Antonyms indifference*, lack of interest, sales resistance.

in demand

sought after, desired, requested; see popular 1, wanted.

on demand

ready, prepared, usable, when requested, when required, when due, payable, collect, C.O.D., on call; see also available, due.


demand

v.

  1. To ask

    charge, direct, enjoin; see ask 1, command 1.

  2. To require

    call for, oblige, necessitate; see need, require 2. See syn. study at require.


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demand Usage Examples

Object

  • attention: Sex Tourism Sex tourism is a problem which demands urgent attention.

Converse of object

  • meet: Clay roof tiles meets consumer demand for quality natural house building materials.

Adjective modifier

  • increased: The big price rises in this country have been because of increased demand in other parts of the world.

Modifies a noun

  • forecasting: The Monthly Outlook will help you to increase profitability through improving demand forecasting, reducing wastage and managing staff and labor resources more effectively.

Noun used with modifier

  • consumer: Clay roof tiles meets consumer demand for quality natural house building materials.
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demand quotes

Old maids like the houseless and unemployed poor, should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world: the demand disturbs the happy and the rich.

-Bronte«  , Charlotte

El orbe hispano nunca se vino abajo, ni siquiera a la ca|¤da del imperio espan‹  ol, sino que se ha multiplicado en numerosas facetas de ensanches todav|¤a insospechados† No somos pueblos en estado de candor, que se deslumbren fa¤  cilmente con los instrumentos externos de que se acompan‹  a la cultura, sino pueblos que heredan una vieja civilizacio¤  n y exigen la excelencia misma de la cultura. The Hispanic world never crumbled, not even after the Spanish Empire fell, but instead has multiplied itself in broad ways that are still largely unknown† Our people are not naive and are not blinded by the external tools that go together with culture; we are rather the inheritors of an old civilization, and we demand the excellence proper to culture itself.

-Reyes, Alfonso

Give us labour and the training which fits for labour! We demand this, not for ourselves alone, but for the race.

-Iron

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