demand
Synonyms:
(verb) call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, require, stipulate (for).
(noun) claim, dun, importunity, requisition, ultimatum.
Related Words:
appeal, application, challenge, expect, force, insistence, need, interest, order, question, request, requirement, sale, stipulate, trade, urge, use.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Demand, claim, and require imply making an authoritative request.
To demand is to ask in a bold, authoritative way:
to demand an explanation.
To claim is to assert a right to something:
He claimed it as his due.
To require is to ask for something as being necessary; to compel:
The Army requires absolute obedience of its soldiers.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Demand, claim, require, exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary.
Demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands:
demanded payment of the debt.
Claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right:
claimed the right to manage his own affairs.
Require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation:
the patient requires constant attention.
Exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands:
exacts absolute loyalty.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English demaunden < Anglo-French demaunder < Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equivalent to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order. British dictionary: C13: from Anglo-French demaunder, from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, from Latin: to commit to, from de- + mandāre to command, entrust; see mandate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English demaunde, demande "question, request, claim," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative of demander, demaunder "to ask a question, claim as due". Verb: Middle English demaunden, demanden "to ask a question, ask, claim as due," borrowed from Anglo-French demander, demaunder, borrowed from Medieval Latin dēmandāre "to entrust, send, send word of, send instructions (to), make a claim on," going back to Latin, "to entrust, hand over (to), lay a duty on," from de- de- + mandāre "to hand over, deliver, order". —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 January 2020 {10:54 AM} // Updated: 5 August 2020 {12:45 PM}
(verb) call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, require, stipulate (for).
(noun) claim, dun, importunity, requisition, ultimatum.
Related Words:
appeal, application, challenge, expect, force, insistence, need, interest, order, question, request, requirement, sale, stipulate, trade, urge, use.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Demand, claim, and require imply making an authoritative request.
To demand is to ask in a bold, authoritative way:
to demand an explanation.
To claim is to assert a right to something:
He claimed it as his due.
To require is to ask for something as being necessary; to compel:
The Army requires absolute obedience of its soldiers.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Demand, claim, require, exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary.
Demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands:
demanded payment of the debt.
Claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right:
claimed the right to manage his own affairs.
Require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation:
the patient requires constant attention.
Exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands:
exacts absolute loyalty.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English demaunden < Anglo-French demaunder < Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equivalent to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order. British dictionary: C13: from Anglo-French demaunder, from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, from Latin: to commit to, from de- + mandāre to command, entrust; see mandate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English demaunde, demande "question, request, claim," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative of demander, demaunder "to ask a question, claim as due". Verb: Middle English demaunden, demanden "to ask a question, ask, claim as due," borrowed from Anglo-French demander, demaunder, borrowed from Medieval Latin dēmandāre "to entrust, send, send word of, send instructions (to), make a claim on," going back to Latin, "to entrust, hand over (to), lay a duty on," from de- de- + mandāre "to hand over, deliver, order". —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 January 2020 {10:54 AM} // Updated: 5 August 2020 {12:45 PM}