| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | request, petition, postulation | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
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| 2 | request, asking | The verbal act of requesting | |
| VERB | 1 | request, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| 2 | request | Ask (a person) to do something | |
| 3 | request | Inquire for (information) |
| Sounds | rihkweh'st; riykweh'st |
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| Rhymes | abreast, addressed, alkahest, and 73 more rhymes in ehst at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
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| Synonyms | petition, postulation |
| Narrower | application; solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering; demand |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
| Verbs | request |
| Meaning | The verbal act of requesting. |
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| Synonyms | asking |
| Narrower | notification, notice; wish, indirect request; invitation; entreaty, prayer, appeal; prayer, petition, orison; call; charge, billing; trick or treat; questioning, inquiring; order; recall, callback |
| Broader | speech act |
| Verbs | request; request; request |
| Meaning | Express the need or desire for. Ask for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "She requested an extra bed in her room" |
| Synonyms | bespeak, call for, quest |
| Narrower | order; ask; encore; petition; demand; appeal, invoke; supplicate; apply; solicit, beg, tap; reserve; challenge; excuse, beg off; demand; claim; invite, call for; invite, ask in; desire; beg; claim, lay claim, arrogate; invite, ask over, ask round; call; ask out, invite out, take out; reserve, hold, book |
| Broader | communicate, pass on, pass, put across |
| Similar to | invite, call for |
| Nouns | request |
| Meaning | Ask (a person) to do something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They request to move; They request him to write the letter |
| Examples | "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| Narrower | order, tell, enjoin, say; call; invite, bid; propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question |
| Broader | ask |
| Nouns | request; request |
| Meaning | Inquire for (information). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
| Examples | "I requested information from the secretary" |
| Narrower | seek |
| Broader | wonder, inquire, enquire |
| Nouns | request |