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demand > 11 senses
NOUN	1	demand	The ability and desire to purchase goods and services
	2	demand	An urgent or peremptory request
	3	demand, need	A condition requiring relief
	4	demand	The act of demanding
	5	demand, requirement	Required activity
VERB	1	demand	Request urgently and forcefully
	2	demand, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for	Require as useful, just, or proper
	3	demand, exact	Claim as due or just
	4	demand	Lay legal claim to
	5	demand	Summon to court
	6	demand	Ask to be informed of

demand > pronunciation
Sounds	dihmae'nd
Rhymes	ampersand, armband, backhand, and 87 more rhymes in aend...

demand > noun 1, process
Meaning	The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
Examples	"the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
Contrary	supply
Broader	economic process
Narrower	consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

demand > noun 2, communication
Meaning	An urgent or peremptory request.
Examples	"his demands for attention were unceasing"
Broader	request, petition, postulation
Narrower	challenge; ultimatum; insistence, insisting; call, claim; requisition; call; margin call, call; wage claim, pay claim
Verbs	demand

demand > noun 3, state
Meaning	A condition requiring relief.
Examples	"there is a demand for jobs"
Synonyms	need
Broader	condition, status
Narrower	lack, deficiency, want; necessity
Verbs	demand

demand > noun 4, act
Meaning	The act of demanding.
Examples	"the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
Broader	activity
Narrower	exaction; claim
Verbs	demand; demand

demand > noun 5, cognition
Meaning	Required activity.
Examples	"there were many demands on his time"
Synonyms	requirement
Broader	duty, responsibility, obligation
Verbs	demand

demand > verb 1, communication
Meaning	Request urgently and forcefully.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Model	They demand to move
Examples	"The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"
Broader	request, bespeak, call for, quest
Narrower	want; ask, require, expect; clamor, clamour; dun; ask
Nouns	demander; demand; demand

demand > verb 2, stative
Meaning	Require as useful, just, or proper.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
Synonyms	necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for
Contrary	obviate, rid of, eliminate
Similar to	claim, take, exact
Narrower	claim, take, exact; govern; draw; cost; cry out for, cry for; imply, involve
Nouns	demand; demand

demand > verb 3, communication
Meaning	Claim as due or just.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Model	The banks demand the check
Examples	"The bank demanded payment of the loan"
Synonyms	exact
Broader	claim
Narrower	command; call, call in
Nouns	demander; demand

demand > verb 4, communication
Meaning	Lay legal claim to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Similar to	demand
Broader	claim

demand > verb 5, communication
Meaning	Summon to court.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Similar to	demand
Broader	summon, summons, cite

demand > verb 6, communication
Meaning	Ask to be informed of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"I demand an explanation"
Broader	request, bespeak, call for, quest

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