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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dih-mand, -mahnd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd



Definition of demand

Origin :
  • late 14c., "ask, make inquiry," from Old French demander (12c.) "to request; to demand," from Latin demandare "entrust, charge with a commission" (in Vulgar Latin, "to ask, request, demand"), from de- "completely" (see de-) + mandare "to order" (see mandate). Meaning "to ask for as a right" is early 15c., from Anglo-French legal use. Related: Demanded; demanding.
  • noun question, request
  • verb ask strongly for something
  • verb require
Example sentences :
  • My heart fluttered as I rose to comply with the demand, and the chapel was hushed.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Not for myself, but for my Master's sake, I demand your friendship and fidelity.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I had but to demand an investigation into the man's affairs.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • That sort o' trade, ye see, miss, the demand's not steady in it.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Something to strive for we demand, even at the risk of bereavement.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Chip's nervous system did not demand the relief of cachinnation.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The demand was so sudden and unexpected that it found them poorly prepared to meet it.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The age will demand men of good taste who care for the best they know.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • Yet the occasion did not, he recognised, demand speech from her.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The uncle of the babes in the wood could hardly have been more startled by the demand!
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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