demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.
demanded payment of the debt
claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.
claimed the right to manage his own affairs
require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation.
the patient requires constant attention
exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands.
exacts absolute loyalty
Example Sentences
the toy requires four batteries, which are not included
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English requeren, from Anglo-French requere, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere to seek for, need, require, alteration of Latin requirere, from re- + quaerere to seek, ask
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