Request - English meaning

noun

The act of asking or ordering someone to do something

Usage examples:

The poem expresses the adjuration "love one another.", his adjurations about what we should and sho…

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…

noun

A formal request to be considered for a position or to be allowed to do or have something, submitted to an authority, institution, or organization.

Usage examples:

An application for leave

noun

A particular use

Usage examples:

[ u ] a letter of application, [ c ] i’ve sent off applications for four different jobs.

noun

An official request for a job, a place on a course, etc., usually in writing

Usage examples:

An application for sth we received over 250 applications for the post., make/submit an application …

noun

A person's orders or command.

Usage examples:

They had assembled at his behest

noun

A request

Usage examples:

Congress adopted the budget resolution at the behest of the president.

noun

Because someone has asked or ordered you to do something

Usage examples:

The budget proposal was adopted at the mayor's behest.

noun

The offering of particular prices for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

Other companies in the bidding include general electric

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

verb

Give (a baby or animal) a specified name.

Usage examples:

They called their daughter hannah

noun

A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

A nearby fisherman heard their calls for help

verb

To give someone or something a name, or to know or address someone by a particular name

Usage examples:

They've called the twins edward and thomas., what's that actor called that we saw in the film last …

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

noun

An earnest or humble request.

Usage examples:

The king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties

noun

An attempt to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

She refused to become involved with him despite his passionate entreaties.

noun

The action of invoking someone or something.

Usage examples:

His invocation of the ancient powers of callanish

noun

The mention or use of something such as a law or an idea in order to explain or support what you are doing

Usage examples:

They disagreed with the administration's invocation of the laws of armed conflict in their treatmen…

noun

A request or appeal for help from someone, especially a god, sometimes as part of a religious ceremony

Usage examples:

Ave maria is an invocation to the virgin mary., as an outspoken campus atheist, she didn't want to …

noun

Earnest pleading or supplication.

Usage examples:

Well, perhaps not, for it can better be read as the futile obsecration of one pro-roman faction, lo…

noun

The action of calling god (heaven, etc.) to witness; protestation; an instance of this; an oath.

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

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

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 request made in an urgent and emotional manner.

Usage examples:

He made a dramatic plea for disarmament

noun

A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to god or another deity.

Usage examples:

I'll say a prayer for him

noun

The act or ceremony of speaking to god or a god, esp. to express thanks or to ask for help, or the words used in this act

Usage examples:

[ c ] an evening prayer, [ c ] a prayer of thanks, [ u ] she knelt in prayer.

phrasal verb

To make an official request to have or do something

Usage examples:

Over 50 firms have put in for the building contract.

noun

An official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

Usage examples:

I had to make various requisitions for staff and accommodation

verb

Demand the use or supply of (something) by official order.

Usage examples:

The government had assumed powers to requisition cereal products at fixed prices

noun

A formal or official request for something needed

Usage examples:

[ c ] the staff made a requisition for new desks., the army requisitioned all the trucks in the reg…

verb

Attempt to find (something).

Usage examples:

They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds

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…

noun

The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone.

Usage examples:

He was a regular target for solicitation of funds

noun

A request for money, information, or help

Usage examples:

The solicitation is directed only to accredited investors.

noun

An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.

Usage examples:

A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb

Serve (someone) with a summons.

Usage examples:

He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

noun

The action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly.

Usage examples:

He fell to his knees in supplication