Request Definition
rĭ-kwĕst
requested, requesting, requests
verb
requested, requesting, requests
To express a wish or desire for; ask for, esp. in a polite or formal way.
Webster's New World
To ask (a person) to do something.
Webster's New World
noun
requests
The act of asking, or expressing a desire, for something; solicitation or petition.
Webster's New World
Something asked for.
To grant a request.
Webster's New World
The state of being asked for or wanted; demand.
A song much in request.
Webster's New World
Condition of being sought after.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
by request
- In response to an expressed desire:
We are offering these scarves for sale again by request.
American Heritage
in request
- In great demand:
a pianist in great request.
American Heritage
on
- When asked for:
References are available on request.
American Heritage
by request
- in response to a request
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Request
Noun
Singular:
requestPlural:
requestsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Request
- by request
- in request
- on
- by request
Origin of Request
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From Middle English requeste the act of requesting from Old French from Vulgar Latin (rēs) requaesita (thing) requested from alteration of Latin requīsīta feminine past participle of requīrere to ask for require
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French requeste (French: requête), from Vulgar Latin *requæsita, from Latin requisita, feminine of requisitus (“requested, demanded"), past participle of requÄ«rō (“require, ask").
From Wiktionary
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