demand

Plural: demands

Noun

• an urgent or peremptory request
  • "his demands for attention were unceasing"
• the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
  • "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"
  • "the demand exceeded the supply"
• required activity
  • "there were many demands on his time"
• the act of demanding
  • "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
• a condition requiring relief
  • "there is a demand for jobs"
• The desire to purchase goods and services.
• The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
• A forceful claim for something.
• A requirement.
• An urgent request.
• An order.
• More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Verb

Verb Forms: demanded, demanding, demands

• To ask for something forcefully and authoritatively.
• 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"
• require as useful, just, or proper
  • "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
• claim as due or just
  • "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
• lay legal claim to
• summon to court
• ask to be informed of
  • "I demand an explanation"
• To request forcefully.
• To claim a right to something.
• To ask forcefully for information.
• To require of someone.
• To issue a summons to court.

Examples

• His job makes many demands on his time.
• I demand an immediate explanation.
• I demand to see the manager.
• Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
• Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
• She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
• The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.
• The rules DEMAND that you use a valid word, no exceptions!
• There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia.
• This job demands a lot of patience.

Synonyms

ask, call for, exact, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, requirement, take, frain, imposition, insist, stipulate

Antonyms

obviate, supply

Anagrams of demand