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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mand•ing /dɪˈmændɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - requiring or asking for more than is generally felt by others to be due:a demanding teacher.
- calling for great, intensive effort or attention:He had a demanding job.
de•mand•ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mand•ing (di man′ding, -män′-),USA pronunciation adj. - requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due:a demanding teacher.
- calling for intensive effort or attention;
taxing:a demanding job. de•mand′ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demanding /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/ adj - requiring great patience, skill, etc: a demanding job
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mand /dɪˈmænd/USA pronunciation v. - to ask for with authority;
claim as a right: [ ~ + obj]:We demanded justice.[ ~ + to + verb]:I demanded to know what we had done wrong.[ ~ + (that) clause]:She demanded that we resign. - [ ~ + obj] to call for, need, or require as right, proper, or necessary:This task demands patience.
n. - [countable] the act of demanding.
- something demanded:[countable]There were demands for immediate pay raises.
- a necessary thing;
an urgent requirement:[countable]the conflicting demands of family and job. - Business the desire and means to purchase goods:[uncountable]Economics studies the amount of consumer demand.
- the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use:[uncountable]an article in great demand.
Idioms- Idioms on demand:
- upon request or presentation for payment:The bill is payable on demand.
- when requested:abortion on demand.
See -mand-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mand (di mand′, -mänd′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to ask for with proper authority;
claim as a right:He demanded payment of the debt. - to ask for peremptorily or urgently:He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in.
- to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary:This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity.
- Law
- to lay formal legal claim to.
- to summon, as to court.
v.i. - to make a demand;
inquire; ask. n. - the act of demanding.
- something that is demanded.
- an urgent or pressing requirement:demands upon one's time.
- Business[Econ.]
- the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so.
- the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price.
- a requisition;
a legal claim:The demands of the client could not be met. - the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use:an article in great demand.
- [Archaic.]inquiry;
question. - Idioms on demand, upon presentation or request for payment:The fee is payable on demand.
- Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, Latin to entrust, equivalent. to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order; see mandate
- Anglo-French demaunder
- Middle English demaunden 1250–1300
de•mand′a•ble, adj. de•mand′er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exact. Demand, claim, require imply making an authoritative request. To demand is to ask in a bold, authoritative way:to demand an explanation.To claim is to assert a right to something:He claimed it as his due.To require is to ask for something as being necessary; to compel:The Army requires absolute obedience of its soldiers.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demand /dɪˈmɑːnd/ vb (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)- to request peremptorily or urgently
- to require or need as just, urgent, etc: the situation demands attention
- to claim as a right; exact
- to make a formal legal claim to (property, esp realty)
n - an urgent or peremptory requirement or request
- something that requires special effort or sacrifice
- the act of demanding something or the thing demanded
- an insistent question or query
- willingness and ability to purchase goods and services
- the amount of a commodity that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specified price
Compare supply - a formal legal claim, esp to real property
- in demand ⇒ sought after; popular
- on demand ⇒ as soon as requested
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-French demaunder, from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, from Latin: to commit to, from de- + mandāre to command, entrust; see mandatedeˈmandable adj deˈmander n |