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Another word for request

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Verb

  1. To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires

      1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application:
      2. To petition persistently; importune:
      3. To commit the criminal offense of enticing or inciting (another) to commit an illegal act.
      1. To try to locate or discover; search for:
      2. To endeavor to obtain or reach:
      3. To go to or toward:
      1. To put a question to:
      2. To seek an answer to:
      3. To seek information about:
    See also:

    request

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Another word for request

Noun
      1. An authoritative command.
      2. An urgent request:
      1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily:
      2. To claim as just or due:
      3. To ask to be informed of:
      1. An earnest request or petition.
      1. A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt, often worn on formal occasions.
      2. A person, especially an executive, who wears one of these garments at work.
      3. An outfit worn for a special activity:
      1. The act or an instance of turning to or making use of a person or thing for aid or in an effort to achieve something:
      2. One that is turned to or made use of for aid or security:
      3. The right of a creditor to demand payment from an endorser or guarantor when the primary debtor fails to pay.
      1. A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship.
      2. The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship:
      3. An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in devotion, confession, praise, or thanksgiving:
      1. An earnest request; an appeal:
      2. An excuse; a pretext:
      3. The defendant's answer to a formal criminal charge:
      1. the act of supplicating
      2. a humble request, prayer, petition, etc.
      1. A formal written request for something needed.
      2. A necessity; a requirement.
      3. The state or condition of being needed or put into service.
      1. A request or petition intended to obtain something; criminally urging, advising, or ordering someone to commit a crime; offering to pay for sex or requesting money in exchange for sex; an attempt to increase the number of one’s actual or potential clientele. A request or petition intended to obtain something; criminally urging, advising, or ordering someone to commit a crime; offering to pay for sex or requesting money in exchange for sex; an attempt to increase the number of one’s actual or potential clientele.
      1. To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer:
      2. To put forward for consideration; propose:
      3. To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement:
      1. The act of inviting.
      2. A spoken or written request for someone's presence or participation.
      3. An allurement, enticement, or attraction.
      1. A sentence, phrase, or gesture that seeks information through a reply.
      2. A subject or point that is under discussion or open to controversy:
      3. A matter of concern or difficulty; a problem:
      1. A solemn supplication or request, especially to a superior authority; an entreaty.
      2. A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.
      3. A formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter:
      1. The act of applying.
      2. Something applied, such as a cosmetic or curative agent.
      3. The act of putting something to a special use or purpose:
      1. The act of inquiring:
      2. A question; a query:
      3. A close examination of a matter:
      1. To say in a loud voice; announce:
      2. To demand or ask for the presence of:
      3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke:
    See also:

    appeal

Verb

  1. To ask

    See also:

    ask

  2. To solicit

      1. To initiate or pursue legal proceedings against (another party).
      2. To court; woo.
      3. To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
      1. A solemn supplication or request, especially to a superior authority; an entreaty.
      2. A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.
      3. A formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter:
      1. To make an earnest request of (someone).
      2. To ask for earnestly; petition for:
      3. To deal with; treat.
      1. To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore:
      2. To request earnestly; beg for:
    See also:

    beg

Idioms:

    by request

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Sentence Examples

  • His request gave her an idea.

  • Codes mingled with names and addresses in a request for medical assistance.

  • Without looking away, he addressed his request to Connie.

  • I finished my discourse with a request for words of wisdom.

  • "I request you to have the goodness to change your coat," he said as he turned away.

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