demand
1. an urgent or peremptory request (Freq. 22)
- his demands for attention were unceasing
• Hypernyms:
request, petition, postulation
• Hyponyms:
challenge, ultimatum, insistence, insisting, call,
claim, requisition, margin call, wage claim, pay claim
2. the ability and desire to purchase goods and services (Freq. 9)
- the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips
- the demand exceeded the supply
• Ant:
supply
• Hypernyms:
economic process
• Hyponyms:
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
3. required activity (Freq. 6)
- the requirements of his work affected his health
- there were many demands on his time
• Syn:
requirement
• Derivationally related forms:
require (for: requirement)
• Hypernyms:
duty, responsibility, obligation
4. the act of demanding (Freq. 3)
- the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
exaction, claim
5. a condition requiring relief (Freq. 1)
- she satisfied his need for affection
- God has no need of men to accomplish His work
- there is a demand for jobs
• Syn:
need
• Derivationally related forms:
need (for: need)
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
lack, deficiency, want, necessity
1. request urgently and forcefully (Freq. 47)
- The victim's family is demanding compensation
- The boss demanded that he be fired immediately
- She demanded to see the manager
• Derivationally related forms:
demander
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
want, ask, require, expect, clamor,
clamour, dun
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They demand to move
2. require as useful, just, or proper (Freq. 22)
- 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
• Syn:
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require,
take, involve, call for
• Ant:
obviate (for: necessitate)
• Derivationally related forms:
requirement (for: require), need (for: need), necessity (for: necessitate)
• Hyponyms:
claim, take, exact, govern, draw,
cost, cry out for, cry for, compel
• Verb Group:
claim, take, exact
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: necessitate)
3. claim as due or just (Freq. 7)
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
• Syn:
exact
• Derivationally related forms:
exaction (for: exact), demander
• Hypernyms:
claim
• Hyponyms:
command, call, call in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- The banks demand the check
4. lay legal claim to
• Hypernyms:
claim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. summon to court
• Hypernyms:
summon, summons, cite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
6. ask to be informed of
- I demand an explanation
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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