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English noun: request | |||
| 1. | request (communication) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | ||
| Synonyms | petition, postulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appeal, application, collection, demand, ingathering, solicitation | ||
| 2. | request (communication) the verbal act of requesting | ||
| Synonyms | asking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appeal, billing, call, callback, charge, entreaty, indirect request, inquiring, invitation, notice, notification, order, orison, petition, prayer, prayer, questioning, recall, trick or treat, wish | ||
English verb: request | |||
| 1. | request (communication) express the need or desire for; ask for | ||
| Samples | She requested an extra bed in her room. She called for room service. | ||
| Synonyms | bespeak, call for, quest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appeal, apply, arrogate, ask, ask in, ask out, ask over, ask round, beg, beg, beg off, book, call, call for, challenge, claim, claim, demand, demand, desire, encore, excuse, hold, invite, invite, invite, invite out, invoke, lay claim, order, petition, reserve, reserve, solicit, supplicate, take out, tap | ||
| Verb group | call for, invite | ||
| 2. | request (communication) ask (a person) to do something | ||
| Samples | She asked him to be here at noon. I requested that she type the entire manuscript. | ||
| Examples | They request him to write the letter, They request to move | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ask | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bid, call, declare oneself, enjoin, invite, offer, order, pop the question, propose, say, tell | ||
| 3. | request (communication) inquire for (information) | ||
| Samples | I requested information from the secretary. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enquire, inquire, wonder | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | seek | ||
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