English to English
noun
- an urgent or peremptory request
His demands for attention were unceasing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips.
The demand exceeded the supply.
source: WordNet 3.0
- required activity
The requirements of his work affected his health.
There were many demands on his time.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of demanding
The kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- claim as due or just
The bank demanded payment of the loan.
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- lay legal claim to
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- summon to court
source: WordNet 3.0
- ask to be informed of
I demand an explanation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.
source: Webster 1913
- To make a demand; to inquire.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [dimánd] Hingî; luhog; sakdal
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [dimánd] Humingî; lumuhog; magsakdal
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
