American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [dɪ'mændɪŋ]
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Verb
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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”
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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”
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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
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ask to be informed of
“I demand an explanation”
Adjective
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requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
“found the job very demanding”
“a baby can be so demanding”
Usage examples
- Scenically, it is also demanding, with all the scene changes and special effects.
- You're demanding your rights.
- You're demanding your rights.
- Lange focused particular attention on Johnson's vocals, demanding perfection out of each take.
- You're demanding your rights.
- He may withdraw faculties by demanding the return of these items.
- You're demanding your rights.
- Demonstrations broke out in Vientiane, denouncing the rightists and demanding political change.
- You're demanding your rights.
- Abolition can only come from organizing within communities and from people demanding a change.