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Noun demand has 5 senses
  1. demand - the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
    --1 is a kind of     economic process
    Antonyms: supply
    --1 has particulars:
     consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
  2. demand - an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"
    --2 is a kind of     request, petition, postulation
    --2 has particulars:
     challenge; ultimatum; insistence, insisting; call, claim; requisition; call; margin call, call; wage claim, pay claim
    Derived form: verb demand1
  3. need, demand - a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
    --3 is a kind of condition, status
    --3 has particulars: lack, deficiency, want; necessity
    Derived form: verb demand2
  4. demand - the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
    --4 is a kind of     activity
    --4 has particulars: exaction; claim
    Derived forms: verb demand3, verb demand1
  5. requirement, demand - required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
    --5 is a kind of duty, responsibility, obligation
    Derived form: verb demand2
,Verb demand has 6 senses
  1. demand - 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"
    --1 is one way to     request, bespeak, call for, quest
    Derived forms: noun demand4, noun demand2, noun demander1
    Sample sentence:
    They demand to move
  2. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand - 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 postulates a patient's consent"
    Derived forms: noun demand5, noun demand3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. demand, exact - claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
    --3 is one way to claim
    Derived forms: noun demand4, noun demander1
    Sample sentence:
    The banks demand the check
  4. demand - lay legal claim to
    --4 is one way to     claim
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. demand - summon to court
    --5 is one way to     summon, summons, cite
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  6. demand - ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
    --6 is one way to     request, bespeak, call for, quest
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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