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kræve — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • demand noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  • necessitate verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  • need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
  • require verb To need something as essential.
  • want verb To wish for or desire something.

Senses

kræve is used for these senses in English:

  • demand To request forcefully.
  • necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
  • need (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
  • want (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

demand — full definition

  1. noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  2. noun A firm or urgent request for something, often backed by authority.
  3. verb To ask for something forcefully or as if it were owed.

necessitate — full definition

  1. verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  2. verb To force into a certain course of action; compel.

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