request
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French requeste (French: requête), from Vulgar Latin *requæsita, from Latin requisita, feminine of requisitus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”).
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[edit] Noun
request (plural requests)
- Act of requesting.
- Formal message requesting something.
- Condition of being sought after.
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- (act of requesting): asking, prayer, wish
- (formal message requesting something): petition, postulation
- (state of being sought after): demand
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act of requesting
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formal message requesting something
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state of being sought after
[edit] Verb
request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)
- to express the need or desire for
- to ask somebody to do something
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- (to express the need or desire for): indicate, pray, wish
- (to ask somebody to do something): ask, bespeak, call for
[edit] Translations
to express the need or desire for
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to ask somebody to do something
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[edit] See also
- Wiktionary:Requested entries:English
Request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[edit] External links
- request in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- request in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- request at OneLook Dictionary Search