request

Speech parts

1. request - Noun

2. request - Verb

Meaning

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

That which is asked for or requested.

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

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

To address with a request; to ask.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

petition supplication prayer asking solicit entreaty entreat call for order require suit application demand seek appeal
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Antonyms

fiat order word return rule code
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Hypernyms

content pass message substance ask communicate

Hyponyms

encore order book hold say call

Related terms

require requirement requisite

Phrases with the word

letter of request request for help request form request one's company at make request request for forgiveness

Derivatives

requested requesting

Anagrams

quester

Examples

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. Dante Alighieri

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling. Gustave Flaubert

If the request is wrong, God says, "No." If the timing is wrong, God says, "Slow." If you are wrong, God says, "Grow." But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, "Go!" Bill Hybels

I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime. Neil deGrasse Tyson

If a person who curses another is not better than the person he curses, a request is never made of him to rescind the curse. Nigerian Proverb

A master's request is a command. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

requench requere requery request for admission request for comment request for comments