| VERB | communication | demand | request urgently and forcefully |
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| stative | demand, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for | require as useful, just, or proper | |
| communication | demand, exact | claim as due or just | |
| communication | demand | lay legal claim to | |
| communication | demand | summon to court | |
| communication | demand | ask to be informed of | |
| NOUN | communication | demand | an urgent or peremptory request |
| process | demand | the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | |
| cognition | demand, requirement | required activity | |
| act | demand | the act of demanding | |
| state | demand, need | a condition requiring relief |
| Sounds | dihmae'nd | |
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| Rhymes | ampersand ... woodland: 90 rhymes with aend... | |
| Meaning | An urgent or peremptory request. | |
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| Example | "his demands for attention were unceasing" | |
| Narrower | call, claim | A demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" |
| call | A demand for a show of hands in a card game | |
| challenge | A demand by a sentry for a password or identification | |
| insistence, insisting | continual and persistent demands | |
| margin call, call | A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement | |
| requisition | The act of requiring | |
| ultimatum | A final / final / final peremptory demand | |
| wage claim, pay claim | The wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives | |
| Broader | request, petition, postulation | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
| Spanish | demanda, exigencia, petición, reclamación | |
| Catalan | reclamació | |
| Verbs | demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| Meaning | The ability and desire to purchase goods and services. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing |
| Broader | economic process | Any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
| Opposite | supply | offering goods and services for sale |
| Spanish | demanda | |
| Catalan | demanda | |
| Meaning | required activity. | |
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| Example | "there were many demands on his time" | |
| Synonym | requirement | |
| Broader | duty, responsibility, obligation | The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force |
| Spanish | exigencia, requisito | |
| Catalan | exigència, requisit | |
| Verbs | demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
| Meaning | The act of demanding. | |
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| Example | "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" | |
| Narrower | claim | demand for something as rightful or due |
| exaction | Act of demanding or levying by force or authority | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | demanda | |
| Catalan | demanda | |
| Verbs | demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| demand | claim as due or just | |
| Meaning | A condition requiring relief. | |
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| Example | "there is a demand for jobs" | |
| Synonym | need | |
| Narrower | lack, deficiency, want | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
| necessity | The condition of being essential or indispensable | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | necesidades, necesidad | |
| Catalan | necessitat | |
| Verbs | demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
| Meaning | request urgently and forcefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They demand to move | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | ask, require, expect | Consider obligatory |
| ask | require or ask for as a price or condition | |
| clamor, clamour | make loud demands | |
| dun | persistently ask for overdue payment | |
| want | wish / wish or demand the presence of | |
| Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, pedir, reclamar | |
| Catalan | demanar, exigir, reclamar | |
| Nouns | demand | the act of demanding |
| demand | an urgent or peremptory request | |
| demander | a person who makes demands / demands | |
| Meaning | require as useful, just, or proper. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice" | |
| Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for | |
| Narrower | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| compel | Necessitate or exact | |
| cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | |
| cry out for, cry for | Need badly or desperately | |
| draw | require a specified depth for floating | |
| govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | |
| Opposite | obviate, rid of, eliminate | Do away with |
| Similar to | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, implicar, involucrar, necesitar, pedir, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir, solicitar | |
| Catalan | exigir, implicar, involucrar, necessitar, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir | |
| Nouns | demand | required activity |
| demand | a condition requiring relief | |
| Meaning | claim as due or just. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | The banks demand the check | |
| Example | "The bank demanded payment of the loan" | |
| Synonym | exact | |
| Narrower | call, call in | demand payment of (a loan) |
| command | demand as one's due | |
| Broader | claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim / claim to, as of debts, for example |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, reclamar | |
| Catalan | exigir | |
| Nouns | demand | the act of demanding |
| demander | a person who makes demands / demands | |
| Meaning | lay legal claim to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim / claim to, as of debts, for example |
| Similar to | demand | summon to court |
| Spanish | demandar, reclamar legalmente | |
| Meaning | summon to court. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | summon, summons, cite | call in an official matter, such as to attend court |
| Similar to | demand | lay legal claim to |
| Meaning | ask to be informed of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I demand an explanation" | |
| Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| Spanish | exigir, pedir, reclamar | |
| Catalan | exigir, reclamar | |
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