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demand
Part of speech: VerbTo claim; to exact; to question; summon; require.
Part of speech: Verb Part of speech: NounAuthoritative claim; an imperative request; the state of being sought after; as, coal is in great demand.
Usage examples "demand":- Nekayah thought this a reasonable demand, and made the promise to her brother, who had been obliged by Imlac to require it. - "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia", Samuel Johnson.
- I am eager to become hers, because her, not because my happiness, though my happiness certainly does, demand it. - "Jane Talbot", Charles Brockden Brown.
- I know what I'm talking about, dad, when I make this demand of you. - "The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush", Francis Lynde.