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Noun demand has 5 senses
- demand - the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
--1 is a kind of economic process
Antonyms: supply
--1 has particulars:
- demand - an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"
--2 is a kind of request, petition, postulation
--2 has particulars:
- need, demand - 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"
--3 is a kind of condition, status
--3 has particulars: lack, deficiency, want; necessity
- demand - the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
--4 is a kind of activity
--4 has particulars: exaction; claim
- requirement, demand - required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
--5 is a kind of duty, responsibility, obligation
Verb demand has 6 senses
- demand - 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"
--1 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentence:
They demand to move
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand - 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 postulates a patient's consent"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- demand, exact - claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
--3 is one way to claim
Sample sentence:
The banks demand the check
- demand - lay legal claim to
--4 is one way to claim
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- demand - summon to court
--5 is one way to summon, summons, cite
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- demand - ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
--6 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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