Definition of demand

"demand" in the noun sense

1. demand

an urgent or peremptory request

"his demands for attention were unceasing"

2. demand

the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

"the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"

"the demand exceeded the supply"

3. requirement, demand

required activity

"the requirements of his work affected his health"

"there were many demands on his time"

4. demand

the act of demanding

"the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

5. 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"

"demand" in the verb sense

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"

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 postulate a patient's consent"

3. demand, exact

claim as due or just

"The bank demanded payment of the loan"

4. demand

lay legal claim to

5. demand

summon to court

6. demand

ask to be informed of

"I demand an explanation"

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Quotations for demand

Duty is the demand of the hour. [ Goethe ]

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn. [ Addison ]

Misfortune, like a creditor severe.
But rises in demand for her delay;
She makes a scourge of past prosperity
To sting thee more and double thy distress. [ Young ]

When the demand is a jest, the answer is a scoff. [ Proverb ]

We treat fortune like a mistress - the more she yields, the more we demand. [ Mme. Roland ]

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong conduct appear right. [ Terence ]

When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. [ Dr. .Johnson ]

The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone, subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. [ Emerson ]

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet. [ Chamfort ]

No good work whatever can be perfect; and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. [ John Ruskin ]

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a simple reason, - they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. [ Colton ]

Friendship and love require the deepest and most entire confidence, but souls of a high character demand not communications of a familiar nature. [ Humboldt ]

With the possession or certain expectation of good things our demand rises, and increases our capacity for further possession and larger expectations. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]

"A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing; yet in what corner of this planet was that ever realised? [ Carlyle ]

It is in the time of trouble, when some to whom we may have looked for consolation and encouragement regard us with coldness, and others, perhaps, treat us with hostility, that the warmth of the friendly heart and the support of the friendly hand acquire increased value and demand additional gratitude. [ Bishop Mant ]

demand in Scrabble®

The word demand is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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demand in Words With Friends™

The word demand is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of demand

2 letter words in demand (7 words)

3 letter words in demand (9 words)

4 letter words in demand (11 words)

5 letter words in demand (4 words)

6 letter words in demand (Anagrams) (3 words)

demand + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence demand

Words that end with demand (4 words)

Word Growth involving demand

Shorter words in demand

an and

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an man

ma man

Longer words containing demand

counterdemand counterdemands

demandant demandants

demanded redemanded

demanded undemanded

demander demanders

demanding demandingly

demanding demandingness

demanding nondemanding

demanding overdemanding

demanding redemanding

demanding undemanding

demands counterdemands

demands redemands

nondemand nondemanding

redemand redemanded

redemand redemanding

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