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noun
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A formal message requesting something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: petition, postulation
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noun
Condition of being sought after.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: demand
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noun
A message sent over a network to a server.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
That which is asked for or requested.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To ask for (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To ask (somebody) to do something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for
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noun
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: petition, postulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: application, solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering, demand
noun
the verbal act of requesting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: asking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: notification, notice, wish, indirect request, invitation, entreaty, prayer, appeal, petition, orison, call, charge, billing, trick or treat, questioning, inquiring, order, recall, callback
verb
express the need or desire for; ask for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bespeak, call for, quest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
Narrower terms: order, ask, encore, petition, demand, appeal, invoke, supplicate, apply, solicit, beg, tap, reserve, challenge, excuse, beg off, claim, invite, call for, ask in, desire, lay claim, arrogate, ask over, ask round, call, ask out, invite out, take out, hold, book
verb
ask (a person) to do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ask
Narrower terms: order, tell, enjoin, say, call, invite, bid, propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
verb
inquire for (information)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wonder, inquire, enquire
Narrower terms: seek
History
From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kwaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kweh2- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.
Across languages
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