n.
Function: verb
1 to ask for something as or as if one's right or due FF1C; the physician demanded payment of his bill FF1E;
Synonyms: call, challenge, claim, exact, postulate, require, requisition, solicit
Related Words: ask, request; bid, charge, command, direct, enjoin, order; cite, summon, summons; coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige; necessitate
Contrasted Words: cede, relinquish, resign, waive; allow, concede, grant; give, offer, tender
2 to have as a need or requirement FF1C; it demands considerable practice to master the piano FF1E;
Synonyms: ask, call (for), crave, necessitate, require, take
Related Words: fail, lack, need, want
Idioms: need ( or want), doing, stand in need of