In Demand

Definition: In Demand

In Demand

Adjective

1. In demand by especially employers; "marketable skills".

2. Greatly desired.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: In Demand

Desire

Desirable; desired; Verb: in demand; pleasing; (giving pleasure); appetizing, appetible; tantalizing.

Requirement

Adjective: required; Verb: requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request.

Crosswords: In Demand

Nice to be in demand. (Full Circle; writing credit: Harry Bromley Davenport; Dave Humphries)

When she's in demand (Billie Jean; performing artist: MICHAEL JACKSON)

Man in Demand (1955)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

One business where there is no let up in demand. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cots in demand because of oil boom, Salem, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Because of the shortage of housing in Quincy, families with large number of children are finding it almost impossible to find a house. Real estate agents, realizing that their houses are in demand have become very choosy about their tenants. These childre. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

A good example of this effort is an ongoing NINDS-supported study that promises to yield new information about which patients are most likely to benefit from selective dorsal root rhizotomy, a recently introduced surgery that is becoming increasingly in demand for reduction of spasticity. (references)

Business

Portable equipment is also in demand. (references)

Therefore, compression plants will be in demand. (references)

Cruises starting from Alaska are also in demand. (references)

Economic History

Finland

The fall in demand was most pronounced in the wood products industry. (references)

Bulgaria

Wood - All types of veneer are in demand by Bulgarian furniture manufacturers. (references)

Australia

Accessories which are of a high quality and competitively priced are also in demand. (references)

Political Economy

IRELAND

Second, the fast growth in both personal incomes and corporate profitability in Ireland has led to a strong increase in demand for U.S. capital and consumer goods from Irish companies and workers. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

A reduction in demand for Dominican exports, especially from the United States, and the new tax measures combined to halt growth entirely in the first half of 2001. The terrorist attacks in the United States in September 2001 resulted in a sharp decline in hotel reservations. (references)

Travel

Malaysia

International telephone service from Malaysia is adequate and more investment is being undertaken to keep up with the very rapid growth in demand. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "in demand": be in demand. Additional references.

Albanian

kërkohem (be in demand, be sought). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مطلوب (demand, desire, desired, in request, required, sought after, wanted, wish, wished for), ‏مرغوب (coveted, demand, desirable, desired, in request, sought after, wished for). (various references)

Finnish

tavaroilla on hyvä menekki (the goods are in demand, the goods sell readily), sitä tavaraa ei kysytä (that article is not in demand, there is no demand for that article). (various references)

French

demandé (intended). (various references)

German

gefragt (asked, inquired, questioned). (various references)

Greek 

σε ζήτηση (in request, on demand). (various references)

Hebrew 

מבוקש (desideratum, request, required, sought after). (various references)

Hungarian

keresletinfláció. (various references)

Indonesian

laris (popular, selling well), larap (selling). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay emandday

Russian 

пользоваться спросом (be in demand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u potraživanju (demand: in demand). (various references)

Spanish

solicitado (applied for, requested), en demanda (at a premium), cotizado (sought after, valued), a solicitud (od, on request). (various references)

Swedish

begärlig (acquisitive, eager, greedy, sought after). (various references)

Turkish

rağbette (at a premium, in the fashion), aranılan. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aidmen, daimen, damned, demand, diadem, dinned, madden, maiden, manned, mediad, median, medina, midden, minded.

-3 letters: admen, aided, aimed, amend, amide, amine, anime, denim, dined, inane, inned, maned, media, menad, minae, mined, named, nided.

-4 letters: aide, amen, amid, amie, amin, dame, damn, dead, dean, deni, died, dime, dine, idea, idem, made, maid, main, mane.

+1 letter: demanding, maddening.

+2 letters: handmaiden.

+3 letters: bemaddening, demandingly, denominated, disbandment, handmaidens, maddeningly, redemanding, undemanding.

+4 letters: absentminded, demimondaine, disbandments, nondemanding.

+5 letters: demandingness, demimondaines, misunderstand, overdemanding, unintimidated.