vverb.communicationclaim as due or justSynset:demand exact
Examples:- The bank demanded payment of the loan
Derivationally Related Form:demanderdemandexaction
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:demandclaimrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:callcall incommand
Full Troponyms:callcommand
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | The banks --- the check (apply to: exact, demand)
vverb.communicationtake as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairsSynset:claim exact take
Examples:- the accident claimed three lives
- The hard work took its toll on her
Hypernyms:ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take
Inherited Hypernyms:claimnecessitate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adjadj.allhaving complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial culturesTopic:microbiology
Synset:fastidious
Examples:- fastidious microorganisms
- certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
Antonyms:unfastidious
Inherited Hypernyms:fastidious
adj satadj.allsevere and unremitting in making demandsSynset:stern strict
Examples:- an exacting instructor
- a stern disciplinarian
- strict standards
Antonyms:undemanding
Derivationally Related Form:sternnessstrictness
Inherited Hypernyms:stern
Similar to:demanding
adj satadj.allrequiring precise accuracySynset:exigent
Examples:- an exacting job
- became more exigent over his pronunciation
Antonyms:undemanding
Inherited Hypernyms:exigent
Similar to:demanding