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Petition – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields

Synonims:

AppealRound robinList of signatures/protesters
verb

Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent

Synonims:

Appeal toRequestAskCall onEntreatBegImploreBeseechPlead withMake a plea toPrayApply toSolicitPressUrgeAdjurePresent one's suit toImportuneObsecrate
noun

A document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action

Usage examples:

More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…
noun

A document signed by a large number of people asking the government or authorities to do something or not to do something

Usage examples:

A petition against/for sth trade unions have started a petition against the merger., they had filed…

Petition translation into English

Petition: translate from English into Chinese

Translate petition into Chinese (Simplified)}
请愿, 呈, 呈文, 请愿书

Petition: translate from English into Dutch

Translate petition into Dutch}
Verzoekschrift, Petitie, Verzoek, Bede, Rekest, Verzoeken, Smeekschrift, Smeken, Petitionnement, Adres, Petitie indienen, Verzoek richten tot

Petition: translate from English into French

Translate petition into French}
Pétition, Requête, Présenter une pétition, Supplique, Adresser une pétition à, Implorer

Petition: translate from English into German

Translate petition into German}
Petition, Antrag, Bitte, Bitten, Ersuchen, Gesuch, Eingabe, Bittschrift, Klage, Bittgesuch, Unterschriftenliste, Resolution, Schrift

Petition: translate from English into Hindi

Translate petition into Hindi}
याचिका, अर्जी, प्रार्थना, विनती, गिड़गिड़ाहट, सिफ़ारिश, सानुरोध याचना, पक्ष में कहना, सिफ़ारिश करना, प्रार्थना करना, निवेदन करना, दरख़ास्त, विनती-पत्र, विनय, प्रार्थना पत्र

Petition: translate from English into Italian

Translate petition into Italian}
Petizione, Ricorso, Supplica, Fare una petizione

Petition: translate from English into Korean

Translate petition into Korean}
청원, 소원, ...에게 청원하다, ...에게 진정하다, 원하다, 진정하다

Petition: translate from English into Russian

Translate petition into Russian}
Петиция, Ходатайство, Ходатайствовать, Прошение, Просьба, Молитва, Просить, Мольба, Хлопотать, Умолять, Подавать прошение, Обращаться с петицией

Petition: translate from English into Spanish

Translate petition into Spanish}
Petición, Solicitar a, Demanda, Presentar una petición, Instancia, Ruego, Exposición, Rogar, Presentar demanda a

Word origin

Middle English: from Latin petitio(n- ), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere .

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Petition – similar words

petiteness

noun

The quality of being small or dainty.

Petiteness - all meanings in English

petite

adjective

Attractively small and dainty (used of a woman).

Usage examples:

She was petite and vivacious
adjective

Of smaller than average height

Petite - all meanings in English

petit

adjective

(of a crime) petty.

Usage examples:

Petit larceny
adjective

Belonging to the lower middle social class, or having the characteristics that are considered typical of this class, such as thinking money and possessions are more important than other things, and not trusting new or different ideas

Usage examples:

Petit bourgeois prejudices
Petit - all meanings in English

Petition synonims

adjure

əˈdʒʊər

verb

Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.

Usage examples:

I adjure you to tell me the truth
verb

To ask or order someone to do something

Usage examples:

The judge adjured him to answer truthfully.
Adjure - all meanings in English

appeal

əˈpiːl

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident
noun

A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

His mother made an appeal for the return of the ring
verb

To be interesting or attractive

Usage examples:

Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old., [ t ] the verdict was appealed t…
Appeal - all meanings in English

ask

ɑːsk

verb

Say something in order to obtain an answer or some information.

Usage examples:

I asked her what she meant
noun

A demand or situation that requires a specified degree of effort or commitment.

Usage examples:

It is a big ask for him to go and play 90 minutes

Make a request or demand for something to somebody

Ask - all meanings in English

beg

beɡ

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Usage examples:

He begged his fellow passengers for help
verb

To make a very strong and urgent request

Usage examples:

They begged for mercy., [ + speech ] "please, please forgive me!" she begged (him)., [ + obj + to i…
verb

To ask for food or money because you are poor

Usage examples:

There are more and more homeless people begging on the streets these days., she had to beg for mone…
Beg - all meanings in English

beseech

bɪˈsiːtʃ

verb

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.

Usage examples:

They beseeched him to stay
verb

To ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much

Usage examples:

Stay a little longer, i beseech you!
Beseech - all meanings in English

entreat

ɪnˈtriːt

verb

Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Usage examples:

His friends entreated him not to go
verb

To try very hard to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] we would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.
Entreat - all meanings in English

implore

verb

Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Usage examples:

He implored her to change her mind
verb

To ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way

Usage examples:

She implored him not to leave her.
Implore - all meanings in English

importune

verb

Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.

Usage examples:

Reporters importuned him with pointed questions
Importune - all meanings in English

obsecrate

verb

To entreat (a person) earnestly; to implore, beseech, supplicate; to beg (a thing).

Obsecrate - all meanings in English

pray

verb

Address a prayer to god or another deity.

Usage examples:

The whole family are praying for michael
adverb

Used as a preface to polite requests or instructions.

Usage examples:

Ladies and gentlemen, pray be seated
verb

Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship

Pray - all meanings in English

press

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass
noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press
noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.
Press - all meanings in English

request

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information
verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested
noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …
Request - all meanings in English

solicit

verb

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He called a meeting to solicit their views
verb

To ask for something in a persuasive and determined way

Usage examples:

He’s soliciting funds to keep the library open., grace has run an online campaign to solicit employ…
verb

To ask someone for money

Usage examples:

He created a company website to solicit donations for victims of the disaster., solicit sth from sb…
Solicit - all meanings in English

urge

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us
noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle
verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…
Urge - all meanings in English

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