Demand (Verb)
Meaning 2
Ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Require as useful, just, or proper; "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".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 5
Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
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".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The protesters demanded the release of the arrested activists.
- The company is demanding that the terms of the contract be renegotiated immediately.
- He demanded to speak to the person in charge.
- The employees demanded better working conditions and higher wages.
- She demanded to see the surgeon who had performed her operation.