# demanding

Pronunciation: US say "di-MAN-ding" /dəˈmændɪŋ/; UK say "di-MAHN-ding" /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Requiring a great deal of endurance, strength, or patience.
   - Simple: Needing a lot of energy, strength, or patience to do.
   - _The expedition was demanding, testing the climbers' strength over many days._
   - _Long shifts in the emergency room are emotionally and physically demanding._
2. Expecting work of high quality, accuracy, or quantity, and hard to satisfy.
   - Simple: Expecting very high standards and hard to please.
   - _The client was demanding, rejecting three drafts before approving the design._
   - _The editor is demanding, returning manuscripts until every fact checks out._

## Verb

3. Present participle of demand. — present participle and gerund of demand
   - Simple: Present participle of demand. Use this -ing form when the action of demanding is happening now.
   - _Workers are demanding higher wages and safer conditions._
   - _The crowd kept demanding an encore long after the lights came up._

## Origin

Formed from the word "demand" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/demanding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).