demand
The desire to purchase goods and servicesThe desire to purchase goods and services.
» Have you read my list of demands?
Вы прочли мой список требований?
Ти прочитав мій список із вимогами?
Ти прочитала мій список із вимогами?
Ви прочитали мій список із вимогами?
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The desire to purchase goods and services.
Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
Nachfrage, Bedarf
спросspros, потре́бностьpotrébnostʹ
потре́баpotréba, по́питpópyt
the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
(countable, uncountable)The market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to buy a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point; the amount itself.
Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.
Demand for the kitchenware with the pastel colorway has been running low lately, at an average of only 37 units per week.
Nachfrage
спросspros, потре́бностьpotrébnostʹ
потре́баpotréba, по́питpópyt
(countable, uncountable)A forceful claim for something.
Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
Anspruch, Forderung
тре́бованиеtrébovanije, искisk, прете́нзияpretɛ́nzija
вимо́гаvymóha
(countable, uncountable)A requirement.
His job makes many demands on his time.
There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia.
тре́бованиеtrébovanije, нужда́nuždá, необходи́мостьneobxodímostʹ
вимо́гаvymóha, потре́баpotréba
(countable, uncountable)An urgent request.
She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
an urgent or peremptory request
(countable, uncountable)An order.
тре́бованиеtrébovanije
(countable, uncountable)More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
Examples
819 sentencesHave you read my list of demands?
Ти прочитав мій список із вимогами? — deniko
ruВы прочли мой список требований? — whatnot
I demand to know what's going on here.
Я вимагаю пояснення. Що тут коїться? — ChickenKiev
deIch verlange zu erfahren, was hier vor sich geht! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I demand that you do that right now.
Я вимагаю, щоб ти це зробив просто зараз. — deniko
Prices depend on supply and demand.
Цiни залежать вiд попиту та пропозицiї. — rmdas
ruЦены зависят от спроса и предложения. — salikh
deDie Preise hängen von Angebot und Nachfrage ab. — Esperantostern
I demand that he be punished.
Я потребую щоб він був покараний. — shanghainese
ruЯ требую, чтобы он был наказан. — marafon
deIch verlange, dass er bestraft wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandārFrom late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).
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Forms
plural: demandsSynonyms
4 synonyms- required activity:requirement
- a condition requiring relief:need
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- C1The subjunctive and formal structures — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- supply and demand
- demand an an
- is very demanding
- demand to know