demand
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an urgent or peremptory request
his demands for attention were unceasing
Types & categories
- request hypernym
- challenge hyponym
- ultimatum hyponym
- insistence hyponym
- call hyponym
- requisition hyponym
- call hyponym
- margin call hyponym
- wage claim hyponym
Related & opposite
- demand derivation
Sense 2 verb
request urgently and forcefully
The victim's family is demanding compensation
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Sense 3 noun
the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips
Types & categories
- economic process hypernym
- economic consumption hyponym
Related & opposite
- supply antonym
Sense 4 verb
require as useful, just, or proper
It takes nerve to do what she did
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Sense 5 noun
required activity
the requirements of his work affected his health
Types & categories
- duty hypernym
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Sense 6 verb
claim as due or just
The bank demanded payment of the loan
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
the act of demanding
the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
Types & categories
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Sense 8 verb
lay legal claim to
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Related & opposite
- demand verb group
Sense 9 noun
a condition requiring relief
she satisfied his need for affection
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- deficiency hyponym
- necessity hyponym
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Sense 10 verb
summon to court
Types & categories
- summons hypernym
Related & opposite
- demand verb group
Sense 11 verb
ask to be informed of
I demand an explanation
Types & categories
- request hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demand |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ultimatum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insistence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | requisition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | margin call |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wage claim |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | demand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | demand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | demander |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | want |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | expect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clamor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dun |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ask |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | supply |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | economic process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | economic consumption |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | obviate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | requirement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessity |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | exact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | exact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | govern |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cry out for |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | compel |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | duty |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | demand |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exaction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | demander |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | command |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | call in |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | demand |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | exact |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | exaction |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | claim |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | demand |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | deficiency |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | necessity |
| 10 | verb group | Related & opposite | demand |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | summons |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |