Request

[rɪ'kwest] or [rɪ'kwɛst]

Definition

(noun.) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.

(noun.) the verbal act of requesting.

(verb.) express the need or desire for; ask for; 'She requested an extra bed in her room'; 'She called for room service'.

(verb.) ask (a person) to do something; 'She asked him to be here at noon'; 'I requested that she type the entire manuscript'.

(verb.) inquire for (information); 'I requested information from the secretary'.

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Definition

(n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

(n.) That which is asked for or requested.

(n.) A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

(v. t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

(v. t.) To address with a request; to ask.

Checker: Willa

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Petition, prayer, entreaty, suit, solicitation, supplication.[2]. Demand.

v. a. Solicit, ask, entreat, beg, beseech, beg for, petition for, ask for.

Editor: Oswald

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See PETITION]

Edited by Flo

Definition

v.t. to ask for earnestly: to entreat: to desire.—n. petition: prayer: desire: demand: that which is requested: a want: a question: the state of being desired.—n. Request′er.—Request note in the inland revenue an application to obtain a permit for removing excisable articles: programme.—Court of Requests a former Court of Equity in England inferior to the Court of Chancery abolished in 1641: a local tribunal instituted in London by Henry VIII. for the recovery of small debts—called also Court of Conscience: Letters of Request the formal instrument by which in English ecclesiastical law an inferior judge waives his jurisdiction over a cause and refers it to a higher court.

Edited by Laurence

Examples

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