demand
an urgent or peremptory request
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,282 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,648 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an urgent or peremptory request his demands for attention were unceasing
- the ability and desire to purchase goods and services the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhipsthe demand exceeded the supply
- required activity also: requirement the requirements of his work affected his healththere were many demands on his time
- the act of demanding the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
- a condition requiring relief also: need she satisfied his need for affectionGod has no need of men to accomplish His work
verb
- request urgently and forcefully The victim's family is demanding compensationThe boss demanded that he be fired immediately
- require as useful, just, or proper also: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take It takes nerve to do what she didsuccess usually requires hard work
- claim as due or just also: exact The bank demanded payment of the loan
demand in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Once you begged humbly; now you demand rudely.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Biscoe denied the service and refused to pay the demand.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Other themes demand thy lay; Thou art no more a child!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Graham's anxious demand was the first thing Bobby heard distinctly--the thing that warned him to remain secreted.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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There still, however, seems an aspect Homeric poems, and a demand in connection with Homer to be recognised, and to be satisfied.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1