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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.
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Demanding
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Example Sentences
- Younger alums are demanding sustainability and a service element.
- These shoes met that demanding standard on the wettest of fall days.
- They have been demanding the labeling of biotech foods.
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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
Idiom6.
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.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEArchaic. inquiry; question.
13.
on demand, upon presentation or request for payment: The fee is payable on demand.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English demaunden < Anglo-French demaunder < Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equivalent to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order; see mandate
1250–1300; Middle English demaunden < Anglo-French demaunder < Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equivalent to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order; see mandate
Related forms
de·mand·a·ble, adjective
de·mand·er, noun
coun·ter·de·mand, noun
o·ver·de·mand, verb, noun
pre·de·mand, verb (used with object)
EXPANDSynonyms
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.
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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