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de⋅mand⋅ing

  [di-man-ding, -mahn-]
Use demanding in a Sentence
–adjective
1. requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher.
2. calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing: a demanding job.
Origin:
1520–30; demand + -ing 2

Related forms:
de⋅mand⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

de⋅mand

  [di-mand, -mahnd]
–verb (used with object)
1. to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
2. to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in.
3. to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary: This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity.
4. Law.
a. to lay formal legal claim to.
b. to summon, as to court.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a demand; inquire; ask.
–noun
6. the act of demanding.
7. something that is demanded.
8. an urgent or pressing requirement: demands upon one's time.
9. Economics.
a. the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so.
b. the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price.
10. a requisition; a legal claim: The demands of the client could not be met.
11. the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use: an article in great demand.
12. Archaic. inquiry; question.
—Idiom
13. on demand, upon presentation or request for payment: The fee is payable on demand.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME demaunden < AF demaunder < ML dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equiv. to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order; see mandate

Related forms:
de⋅mand⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅mand⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. 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.
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de·mand   (dĭ-mānd')   
v.   de·mand·ed, de·mand·ing, de·mands

v.   tr.
  1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.
  2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.
  3. To ask to be informed of: I demand a reason for this interruption.
  4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.
  5. Law
    1. To summon to court.
    2. To claim formally; lay legal claim to.
v.   intr.
To make a demand.
n.  
  1. The act of demanding.
  2. Something demanded: granted the employees' demands.
  3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.
  4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.
  5. Economics
    1. The desire to possess a commodity or make use of a service, combined with the ability to purchase it.
    2. The amount of a commodity or service that people are ready to buy for a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.
  6. Computer Science A coding technique in which a command to read or write is initiated as the need for a new block of data occurs, thus eliminating the need to store data.
  7. Law A formal claim.
  8. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.

[Middle English demanden, from Old French demander, to charge with doing, and from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, to demand, both from Latin, to entrust : dē-, de- + mandāre, to entrust; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
de·mand'a·ble adj., de·mand'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to ask for urgently or insistently: demanding better working conditions; claiming repayment of a debt; exacted obedience from the child; tax payments required by law.
de·mand·ing   (dĭ-mān'dĭng)   
adj.  Requiring much effort or attention: exhausted by a demanding job. See Synonyms at burdensome.
de·mand'ing·ly adv.
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