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English noun: demand | |||
| 1. | demand (communication) an urgent or peremptory request | ||
| Samples | His demands for attention were unceasing. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | petition, postulation, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | call, call, call, challenge, claim, insistence, insisting, margin call, pay claim, requisition, ultimatum, wage claim | ||
| 2. | demand (process) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | ||
| Samples | The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips. The demand exceeded the supply. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | economic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | ||
| Antonyms | supply | ||
| 3. | demand (cognition) required activity | ||
| Samples | The requirements of his work affected his health. There were many demands on his time. | ||
| Synonyms | requirement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duty, obligation, responsibility | ||
| 4. | demand (act) the act of demanding | ||
| Samples | The kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, exaction | ||
| 5. | demand (state) a condition requiring relief | ||
| Samples | She satisfied his need for affection. God has no need of men to accomplish His work. There is a demand for jobs. | ||
| Synonyms | need | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deficiency, lack, necessity, want | ||
English verb: demand | |||
| 1. | demand (communication) request urgently and forcefully | ||
| Samples | The victim's family is demanding compensation. The boss demanded that he be fired immediately. She demanded to see the manager. | ||
| Examples | They demand to move | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ask, ask, clamor, clamour, dun, expect, require, want | ||
| 2. | demand (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
| Samples | It takes nerve to do what she did. Success usually requires hard work. This job asks a lot of patience and skill. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent. | ||
| Synonyms | ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
| Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
| Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
| 3. | demand (communication) claim as due or just | ||
| Samples | The bank demanded payment of the loan. | ||
| Examples | The banks demand the check | ||
| Synonyms | exact | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | call, call in, command | ||
| 4. | demand (communication) lay legal claim to | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
| Verb group | demand | ||
| 5. | demand (communication) summon to court | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cite, summon, summons | ||
| Verb group | demand | ||
| 6. | demand (communication) ask to be informed of | ||
| Samples | I demand an explanation. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||
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