Dictionary entry details
• DEMAND (noun)
Meaning:
The ability and desire to purchase goods and services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context examples:
the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips / the demand exceeded the supply
Hypernyms ("demand" is a kind of...):
economic process (any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demand"):
consumption; economic consumption; usance; use; use of goods and services ((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing)
Antonym:
supply (offering goods and services for sale)
Meaning:
An urgent or peremptory request
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
his demands for attention were unceasing
Hypernyms ("demand" is a kind of...):
petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demand"):
pay claim; wage claim (the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives)
call; margin call (a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement)
call (a demand for a show of hands in a card game)
requisition (the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use)
call; claim (a demand especially in the phrase)
insistence; insisting (continual and persistent demands)
ultimatum (a final peremptory demand)
challenge (a demand by a sentry for a password or identification)
Meaning:
A condition requiring relief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
need; demand
Context examples:
she satisfied his need for affection / God has no need of men to accomplish His work / there is a demand for jobs
Hypernyms ("demand" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demand"):
deficiency; lack; want (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)
necessity (the condition of being essential or indispensable)
Meaning:
The act of demanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
Hypernyms ("demand" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demand"):
exaction (act of demanding or levying by force or authority)
claim (demand for something as rightful or due)
Meaning:
Required activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
requirement; demand
Context examples:
the requirements of his work affected his health / there were many demands on his time
Hypernyms ("demand" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
• DEMAND (verb)
Meaning:
Request urgently and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
The victim's family is demanding compensation / The boss demanded that he be fired immediately / She demanded to see the manager
Hypernyms (to "demand" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demand"):
ask (require or ask for as a price or condition)
dun (persistently ask for overdue payment)
clamor; clamour (make loud demands)
ask; expect; require (consider obligatory; request and expect)
want (wish or demand the presence of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They demand to move
Meaning:
Require as useful, just, or proper
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
require; need; necessitate; demand; call for; postulate; involve; ask; take
Context 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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demand"):
cry for; cry out for (need badly or desperately)
cost (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice)
draw (require a specified depth for floating)
govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood)
claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)
imply; involve (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Claim as due or just
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
exact; demand
Context example:
The bank demanded payment of the loan
Hypernyms (to "demand" is one way to...):
claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demand"):
command (demand as one's due)
call; call in (demand payment of (a loan))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
The banks demand the check
Meaning:
Lay legal claim to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "demand" is one way to...):
claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Summon to court
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "demand" is one way to...):
cite; summon; summons (call in an official matter, such as to attend court)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Ask to be informed of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
I demand an explanation
Hypernyms (to "demand" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
