Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to demand
Participle: demanded
Gerund: demanding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | demand |
| you | demand |
| he;she;it | demands |
| we | demand |
| you | demand |
| they | demand |
Perfect
| I | have demanded |
| you | have demanded |
| he;she;it | has demanded |
| we | have demanded |
| you | have demanded |
| they | have demanded |
Past
| I | demanded |
| you | demanded |
| he;she;it | demanded |
| we | demanded |
| you | demanded |
| they | demanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had demanded |
| you | had demanded |
| he;she;it | had demanded |
| we | had demanded |
| you | had demanded |
| they | had demanded |
Future
| I | will demand |
| you | will demand |
| he;she;it | will demand |
| we | will demand |
| you | will demand |
| they | will demand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have demanded |
| you | will have demanded |
| he;she;it | will have demanded |
| we | will have demanded |
| you | will have demanded |
| they | will have demanded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | demand |
| you | demand |
| he;she;it | demand |
| we | demand |
| you | demand |
| they | demand |
Perfect
| I | have demanded |
| you | have demanded |
| he;she;it | have demanded |
| we | have demanded |
| you | have demanded |
| they | have demanded |
Imperfect
| I | demanded |
| you | demanded |
| he;she;it | demanded |
| we | demanded |
| you | demanded |
| they | demanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had demanded |
| you | had demanded |
| he;she;it | had demanded |
| we | had demanded |
| you | had demanded |
| they | had demanded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would demand |
| you | would demand |
| he;she;it | would demand |
| we | would demand |
| you | would demand |
| they | would demand |
Perfect
| I | would have demanded |
| you | would have demanded |
| he;she;it | would have demanded |
| we | would have demanded |
| you | would have demanded |
| they | would have demanded |
Imperative
| you | demand |
| we | Let's demand |
| you | demand |
Verbs conjugated like 'demand'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'demand'
deman,
demaund,
desand,
remand,
amand,
behand,
bemad,
beman,
bemind,
damnd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- require
- lust, oblige, postulate, rule, command, solicit
- ask
- direct, call, inquire, charge, crave, enjoin, necessitate, appeal
Antonyms
- ask
- refuse, reject, deny, decline
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr.
demander "to request," from L.
demandare "entrust, charge with a commission," from
de- "completely" +
mandare "to order." The political economy sense (correlating to
supply) is first attested 1776 in Adam Smith.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *de
4. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
5. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
6. Proto-Italic *dē
7. Latin dē
8. Latin dē-
9. Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
10. Proto-Italic *manus
11. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
12. Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
13. Proto-Italic *-ðō
14. Proto-Italic *manuðō
15. Latin mandō
16. Latin dēmandō
17. Old French demanderbor.
18. Middle English demaunden
19. English demand
20. From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”). See: Middle English '
demaunden', Old French '
demander', Latin '
demando'.
Verbs referencing "demand"
Ido demandar.
Sample Sentences
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It is the third morning. I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whether there 's any danger. I rouse myself, and look out of bed. The water-jug is plunging and leaping like a lively dolphin; all the smaller articles are afloat, except my shoes, which [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] a stop to it. He'd take him back, and put him to hoeing and digging, and “ see if he'd step about so smart. ” Accordingly, the manufacturer and all hands concerned were astounded when he suddenly demanded George's wages, and announced his intention of taking him home.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] however afflicted, indigent, or fallen; are ruled by the strong Heart, and not by the strong (though immeasurably weaker ) Hand. I have described them at some length; firstly, because their worth demanded it; and secondly, because I mean to take them for a model, and to content myself with saying of others we may come to, whose design and purpose are the same, that in this or that respect they [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by means of stationary engines; the comparatively level spaces between, being traversed, sometimes by horse, and sometimes by engine power, as the case demands. Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice; and looking from the carriage window, the traveller gazes sheer down, without a stone or scrap of fence between, into [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] much alarm was caused to the families of those persons who were out all night preserving the peace of the city. Major C. Gally, Commander of the battalion, resenting this, called at the office and demanded the author 's name; that of Mr. P. Arpin was given to him, who was absent at the time. Some angry words then passed with one of the proprietors, and a challenge followed; the friends of both [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] provided a refuge in Africa, is, indeed, a great and noticeable fact; but that is no reason why the church of Christ should throw off that responsibility to this outcast race which her profession demands of her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)