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demand
Noun
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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.
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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.
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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.
demand
Verb
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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.
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If mathx/math demands mathy/math, mathx/math needs or requires mathy/math.
The problems are real and they demand attention.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
supply
Noun
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A supply is an amount of something that you can use when you need it.
We will need a supply of water.
During the war, the Americans destroyed their food supply.
Sadly these books are in very short supply in Britain.
The price of oil changes quickly to match supply and demand.
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Supplies are things like food, water, medicine, gasoline, etc. that people need when they are not near somewhere where they can get them easily.
The Japanese government is finally planning to send medical supplies and financial support.
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Supply is the act or system of supplying something.
They plan to fix the Russian economy and improve the supply of food and consumer goods.
The airplane's air supply wasn't working.
supply
Verb
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If you supply something, you make it available, usually regularly.
We were supplied with a few basic tools that we needed for the job.
Our garden supplies us with all the food we need.
The office was well supplied with chairs.
supply
Adverb
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In a supple way.