Overview of verb demand

The verb demand has 6 senses

• 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")


• 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")


• demand, exact -- (claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan")


• demand -- (lay legal claim to)


• demand -- (summon to court)


• demand -- (ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation")

Overview of adj demanding

The adj demanding has 1 sense

• demanding -- (requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding")