(psychology) A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.

(psychology) To produce a mand (verbal operant).

(obsolete) A demand.

A surname.

A branch of Niger-Congo languages, spoken mostly in West Africa.

plural of mand

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mand

present participle of mand

simple past tense and past participle of mand

Indicates the quality of being a command, or being related to the command. / (grammar, not comparable) Noting the imperative use of the subjunctive, as in "I insist that he leave immediately".