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Definition of Request
1. Noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
Specialized synonyms: Application, Appeal, Collection, Ingathering, Solicitation, Demand
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Petition, Petitionary
2. Verb. Express the need or desire for; ask for. "She called for room service"
Generic synonyms: Communicate, Pass, Pass Along, Pass On, Put Across
Specialized synonyms: Order, Ask, Encore, Petition, Demand, Appeal, Invoke, Supplicate, Apply, Beg, Solicit, Tap, Reserve, Challenge, Beg Off, Excuse, Demand, Claim, Call For, Invite, Ask In, Invite, Desire, Beg, Arrogate, Claim, Lay Claim, Ask Over, Ask Round, Invite, Call, Ask Out, Invite Out, Take Out, Book, Hold, Reserve
Related verbs: Call For, Invite
3. Noun. The verbal act of requesting.
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Notice, Notification, Indirect Request, Wish, Invitation, Appeal, Entreaty, Prayer, Orison, Petition, Prayer, Call, Billing, Charge, Trick Or Treat, Inquiring, Questioning, Order, Callback, Recall
4. Verb. Ask (a person) to do something. "They request to move "; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
Generic synonyms: Ask
5. Verb. Inquire for (information). "I requested information from the secretary"
Definition of Request
1. n. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
2. v. t. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.
Definition of Request
1. Noun. Act of (requesting). ¹
2. Noun. Formal (message) requesting something. ¹
3. Noun. (condition Condition) of being sought after. ¹
4. Verb. to express the need or desire for ¹
5. Verb. to ask somebody to do something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Request
1. to express a desire for [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Request
Literary usage of Request
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly and request their
concurrence therein. The Senate bill (No. 1466, Int. No. ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by John Innes Clark Hare (1887)
"Implied request . — Payment of another's Debt. — Payment by Mistake. —Effect of
express Agreement on implied Promise. IN general where an act is done or ..."
3. The General Law of Suretyship: Including Commercial and Non-commercial by Edward Whiton Spencer (1913)
"Is Surety Entitled to Contribution From Go- Surety who Became Bound at his request?
Upon this question the authorities are discordant and to some extent ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"the forbearance of civility, and, at the request of the gentlemen, remained at
the instrument till her ladyship's carriage was ready to take them all home. ..."
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