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request Definition

re·quest (ri kwest′)

noun

  1. the act of asking, or expressing a desire, for something; solicitation or petition
  2. something asked for to grant a request
  3. the state of being asked for or wanted; demand a song much in request

Etymology: ME < OFr requeste < ML requesta < fem. pp. of VL *requaerere: see require

transitive verb

  1. to express a wish or desire for; ask for, esp. in a polite or formal way: often followed by an infinitive or by a clause beginning with that
  2. to ask (a person) to do something

request Related Forms
re·quest′·er noun or re·quest′·or
request Idioms

by request

in response to a request

request Synonyms

request

n.

call, inquiry, application, petition, question, invitation, offer, solicitation, requisition, supplication, plea, prayer, recourse, suit, entreaty, demand, behest; see also appeal 1.

by request

asked for, sought for, wanted, in response to a request; see requested 1, 2.

request Synonyms

request

v.

  1. To ask

    demand, inquire, call for; see ask 1.

  2. To solicit

    beseech, entreat, petition, sue; see beg 1.

request Usage Examples

Object

  • copy: To request a copy of the report please contact us.
  • brochure: Please request a brochure to see the fulll chart.
  • reminder: If you have an account and you have forgotten your details you can request an email reminder.
  • pack: To order these products or request a free trial pack, just complete a short online form.
  • permission: A few of my shots have been included, and they've a neat system to request permission.

Converse of object

  • refuse: He saves us that we might worship Him, but Pharaoh refuses the request.
  • submit: Online RMA requests The RMA tool allows partners to submit online return requests for faulty goods.
  • handle: Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3 Starting Apache Invoking Apache The httpd program is usually run as a daemon which executes continuously, handling requests.
  • receive: The NCA will receive shortly a request for support or otherwise from The Sports Council.
  • send: Select " Submit Payment Request " to send the request for processing.
  • consider: Adult learning refund policy Once a course has begun, we will only consider refund requests in exceptional personal or family circumstances.

Adjective modifier

  • written: Trustees must do this within two months of a written request being made.
  • urgent: An urgent request has gone out for several pairs of warm socks and 10 or 12mm blue polyprop rope.
  • reasonable: No objection will be made to any reasonable request.
  • formal: We will disclose information about you to regulatory authorities in response to formal requests.
  • polite: They were overly defensive and need to accept that in a diverse society we should be free to make polite requests of this kind.

Noun used with modifier

  • extradition: Venezuela ' Supreme Court has authorized the extradition request under Venezuelan law, maintaining the charges against Posada Carriles are still valid.
  • prayer: Enter your prayer request for those in need or post your praise in our prayers answered pages.

Infinitive complement

  • vacate: Guests are welcome after 4pm on day of arrival and requested to vacate their gite by 10 am on day of departure.

Preposition: for

  • assistance: At Aberdeen alone 250 requests for assistance have been dealt with in the February to June 2004 period.
request Quotes

   I am now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first request for my resignation. I look forward to many more.

—Darman, Richard G(ordon)

I have but one request to make at my departure from this world, it isöthe charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justicetomycharacter.Whenmycountry takesher place among thenations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.

—Emmet, Robert