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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.
dial
Verb
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To dial means to use a telephone to do a call.
I picked up the phone to dial my boss.
interface
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noun
(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
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noun
(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
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the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
the interface between chemistry and biology
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(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system