Demand - English meaning

noun

Something that you ask someone to do or hope that will happen, but that will be difficult to achieve

Usage examples:

If the operations in japan are successful, then the business should have a future, but it's a big a…

verb

Say something in order to obtain an answer or some information.

Usage examples:

I asked her what she meant

noun

A demand or situation that requires a specified degree of effort or commitment.

Usage examples:

It is a big ask for him to go and play 90 minutes

Make a request or demand for something to somebody

noun

A person's orders or command.

Usage examples:

They had assembled at his behest

noun

A request

Usage examples:

Congress adopted the budget resolution at the behest of the president.

noun

Because someone has asked or ordered you to do something

Usage examples:

The budget proposal was adopted at the mayor's behest.

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

noun

An offer of a price, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

At the fur tables, several buyers make bids for the pelts

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

verb

Give (a baby or animal) a specified name.

Usage examples:

They called their daughter hannah

noun

A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

A nearby fisherman heard their calls for help

verb

To give someone or something a name, or to know or address someone by a particular name

Usage examples:

They've called the twins edward and thomas., what's that actor called that we saw in the film last …

phrasal verb

To visit someone for a short time

Usage examples:

I thought we might call in on your mother on our way - i've got some magazines for her.

noun

A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.

Usage examples:

He accepted the challenge

verb

Exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens.

Usage examples:

Recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge

noun

Something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully, or the situation of facing this kind of effort

Usage examples:

[ c ] it’s a challenge being in a marriage when both partners have high-pressure jobs., [ c ] no ma…

noun

A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.

Usage examples:

The questions rose to a clamour

verb

(of a group of people) shout loudly and insistently.

Usage examples:

The surging crowds clamoured for attention

verb

To make a loud complaint or demand

Usage examples:

The children were all clamouring for attention., [ + to infinitive ] she clamours to go home as soo…

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

verb

State or order authoritatively.

Usage examples:

The tsar's attempts to dictate policy

noun

An order or principle that must be obeyed.

Usage examples:

The dictates of fashion

verb

A guiding principle

noun

Archaic form of behest.

noun

Persistence, especially to the point of annoyance.

Usage examples:

You urged me on with untiring importunity

noun

The quality of repeatedly asking for something, in a forceful and annoying way

Usage examples:

With increasing importunity, they demanded political power to match their economic power., i finall…

verb

Ask for information from someone.

Usage examples:

He inquired about cottages for sale

verb

To ask for information

Usage examples:

[ i ] officials from around the country have called to inquire about the program., [ + question wor…

verb

To ask for information

Usage examples:

Inquire about sth most callers are inquiring about train times and ticket prices., inquire what/whe…

noun

The fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done.

Usage examples:

Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal

noun

The act of stating or demanding something forcefully

Usage examples:

At his insistence, i continued living with my mother., her insistence that he bring her took him by…

verb

Ask questions of (someone) closely, aggressively, or formally.

Usage examples:

He was interrogated by mi6

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

noun

A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.

Usage examples:

We hope this leaflet has been helpful in answering your questions

verb

Ask (someone) questions, especially in an official context.

Usage examples:

Four men were being questioned about the killings

verb

A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information

verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested

noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …

noun

A condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement.

Usage examples:

They donated their collection of prints with the stipulation that they never be publicly exhibited

noun

A statement that says exactly what something must be or how something must be done

Usage examples:

The only stipulation is that you have to register., as part of the deal they will issue shares of t…

noun

A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations.

Usage examples:

Their employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work

noun

A demand that a person or group do something to avoid something unpleasant

Usage examples:

The workers got an ultimatum – go back to work or face dismissal.

noun

A warning, usually the last and most threatening one in a series, in which someone is told that if they take a particular action, something unpleasant will happen to them

Usage examples:

Issue/deliver/give an ultimatum the chairman has issued an ultimatum: sort out the problems, or the…

noun

The action of urging someone to do something.

Usage examples:

She bought a new one at gregory's urging

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

The act of strongly advising or encouraging someone to do a particular thing

Usage examples:

With their dad's urging, the girls started playing tennis at a young age., it was only because of m…