demand
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (6)demands, demanded, demanding
- 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”More general request, ask forMore specific ask, clamor, want, dun
- require as useful, just, or proper“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: necessitateaskpostulateneedrequiretakeinvolvecall forMore general refer, pertainMore specific take, depend on, deserve, cost, depend, claim, behoove, cry out for, compel, draw +1 moreSimilar claim, take
- claim as due or just“The bank demanded payment of the loan”Synonyms: exactMore general claimMore specific command, call
- lay legal claim toMore general claim
- summon to courtMore general summon, summons
- ask to be informed of“I demand an explanation”More general request, ask for
Noun (5)demands
- an urgent or peremptory request“his demands for attention were unceasing”Type of request, petitionKinds insistence, call, requisition, ultimatum, challenge, wage claim, margin call
- the ability and desire to purchase goods and services“the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips”“the demand exceeded the supply”Opposite supplyType of economic processKinds consumption, perfectly inelastic demand, perfectly elastic demand, aggregate demand, elastic demand
- required activity“the requirements of his work affected his health”“there were many demands on his time”Synonyms: requirementType of duty, responsibility
- the act of demanding“the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money”Type of activityKinds claim, exaction
- a condition requiring relief“she satisfied his need for affection”“God has no need of men to accomplish His work”“there is a demand for jobs”Synonyms: needType of condition, statusKinds lack, necessity
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Translations
Noun desire to purchase goods and services
- Spanish
- demanda
- French
- demande
- German
- Nachfrage
- Italian
- domanda
- Portuguese
- demanda
- Turkish
- talep
- Russian
- спрос spros
- Arabic
- طَلَب ṭalab
- Chinese
- 需求 xūqiú
- Japanese
- 需要 juyō
23 more languages
- Dutch
- vraag
- Polish
- popyt
- Swedish
- efterfrågan
- Greek
- ζήτηση zítisi
- Korean
- 수요 suyo
- Indonesian
- permintaan
- Vietnamese
- nhu cầu
- Hungarian
- kereslet
- Portuguese (PT)
- demanda
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 需求 xūqiú
- Albanian
- kërkesë
- Catalan
- demanda
- Czech
- poptávka
- Danish
- efterspørgsel
- Finnish
- kysyntä
- Icelandic
- eftirspurn
- Kurdish
- xwestin
- Norwegian
- etterspørsel
- Romanian
- cerere
- Scottish Gaelic
- iarrtas
- Slovak
- dopyt
- Welsh
- galw
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרלאַנג farlang
Verb to request forcefully
- Spanish
- exigir
- French
- exiger
- German
- verlangen
- Italian
- pretendere
- Portuguese
- exigir
- Turkish
- talep etmek
- Russian
- тре́бовать trébovatʹ
- Arabic
- طَالَبَ ṭālaba
- Chinese
- 要求 yāoqiú
- Japanese
- 要求する yōkyū suru
23 more languages
- Dutch
- eisen
- Polish
- żądać
- Swedish
- kräva
- Greek
- απαιτώ apaitó
- Korean
- 요구하다 yoguhada
- Vietnamese
- yêu cầu
- Hungarian
- követel
- Portuguese (PT)
- exigir
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 要求 yāoqiú
- Catalan
- exigir
- Czech
- požadovat
- Danish
- kræve
- Esperanto
- postuli
- Finnish
- vaatia
- Georgian
- მოითხოვს moitxovs
- Hebrew
- דָּרַשׁ darásh
- Icelandic
- heimta
- Malagasy
- mitaky
- Norwegian
- kreve
- Romanian
- cere
- Scottish Gaelic
- iarr
- Welsh
- hawlio
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרלאַנגען farlangen
Noun forceful claim for something
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.
1. 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.
This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee.— William Shakespeare
2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
I did demand what news from Shrewsbury.— William Shakespeare
3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
4. Law To call into court; to summon. Alexander Mansfield. Burrill
To make a demand; to inquire.
The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?— Luke iii. 14.
Origin: F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, transitive verb
1. 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.
The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones.— Dan. iv. 17.
He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them.— John Locke
2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. William Shakespeare
3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.
In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
5. Law (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due.
In demand, in request; being much sought after. — On demand, upon presentation and request of payment.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54