DICTOMETER

DEMAND

(demand, demanda, exigencia, exigir, invitación, postulado, etterspørsel, forlange, krav, kreve)

1. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • an urgent or peremptory request
   Examples:
   • His demands for attention were unceasing
   Antonyms:
   supply
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
   Examples:
   • The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips
   • The demand exceeded the supply
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Requirement
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • required activity
   Examples:
   • The requirements of his work affected his health
   • There were many demands on his time
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • the act of demanding
   Examples:
   • The kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Need
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • a condition requiring relief
   Examples:
   • She satisfied his need for affection
   • God has no need of men to accomplish His work
   • There is a demand for jobs
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • request urgently and forcefully
   Examples:
   • The victim's family is demanding compensation
   • The boss demanded that he be fired immediately
   • She demanded to see the manager
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Necessitate
   • Ask
   • Postulate
   • Need
   • Require
   • Take
   • Involve
   • Call for
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • require as useful, just, or proper
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   • Exact
   Definitions:
   • claim as due or just
   Examples:
   • The bank demanded payment of the loan
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • lay legal claim to
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • summon to court
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • ask to be informed of
   Examples:
   • I demand an explanation