"in demand" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more in demand [comparative], most in demand [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} in demand (comparative more in demand, superlative most in demand)
  1. sought-after; popular; coveted Translations (sought-after): 搶手 (Chinese Mandarin), 抢手 (qiǎngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 有需要的 (yǒu xūyào de) (Chinese Mandarin), efterspurgt (Danish), ombejlet (Danish), kysytty (Finnish), kurantti (Finnish), être très demandé (French), recherché [masculine] (French), gesucht (German), begehrt (German), hoch im Kurs (German), conteso (Italian), pregiato [masculine] (Italian), gettonato [masculine] (Italian), ricercato [masculine] (Italian), richiesto [masculine] (Italian), ambito [masculine] (Italian), 需要がある (juyō ga aru) (alt: じゅようがある) (Japanese), 人気がある (ninki ga aru) (alt: にんきがある) (Japanese), 수요가 있다 (suyo-ga itda) (Korean), 인기가 있다 (in'gi-ga itda) (Korean), ettertraktet (Norwegian Bokmål), em demanda (Portuguese), по́льзующийся спро́сом (pólʹzujuščijsja sprósom) (Russian), жела́нный (želánnyj) (Russian), тре́буемый (trébujemyj) (Russian), популя́рный (populjárnyj) (Russian), востре́бованный (vostrébovannyj) (Russian), cotizado [masculine] (Spanish), codiciado [masculine] (Spanish), solicitado [masculine] (Spanish), eftersökt (Swedish), efterfrågad (Swedish), eftertraktad (Swedish), популярний (populjarnyj) (Ukrainian), той, що користується попитом (toj, ščo korystujetʹsja popytom) (Ukrainian), bán chạy (Vietnamese), đắt hàng (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "sought-after",
      "word": "bán chạy"
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