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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{UK}} {{IPA|/dɪˈmɑːnd/}}, {{SAMPA|/dI"mA:nd/}}
* {{US}} {{IPA|/dɪˈmænd/}}, {{SAMPA|/dI"m{nd/}}
* {{audio|en-us-demand.ogg|US}}

== Noun ==
{{noun}}
{{AVL}}
# {{singular}}, {{uncountable}} '''Demand''' for something is how much people want of it.
#: ''Right now we have a supply in excess of '''demand''' for crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil.''
#: ''The power companies should begin to prepare for increased '''demand''' for electricity.''
#: ''Several sectors were not able to increase their production levels to satisfy the '''demand''' requirements.''
#: ''Colleges have hired more part-time instructors to meet this increased educational '''demand'''.''
# {{countable}} A '''demand''' is what you say must be done or what you say you must have, a strong request.
#: ''His '''demands''' for new machines were ignored by the company.''
# {{usually plural}} The '''demands''' on someone or something are the difficult things that are required of them.
#: ''I can't deal with all these '''demands''' on my time.''
#: ''The '''demands''' on the machines are beyond what they can produce.''

== Verb ==
{{verb}}
# {{transitive}} If you '''demand''' something, you say strongly that you must receive it or that it must happen.
#: ''The Lebanese Foreign Minister '''demanded''' an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces.''
#: ''People who lost their home are '''demanding''' answers about how the fire got out of control.''
# {{transitive}} If <math>x</math> '''demands''' <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> needs or requires <math>y</math>.
#: ''The problems are real and they '''demand''' attention.''

=== Synonyms ===
* [[ask]]
* [[require]]

=== Related words ===
* [[demanding]]
* [[undemanding]]