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απαιτώ — meaning in English

apaito

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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.
  • postulate noun Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.

Senses

απαιτώ 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.]
  • postulate (ambitransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

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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