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request

/ɹɪˈkwɛst/

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What does request mean?

verb

  1. To ask for (something).
  2. To ask (somebody) to do something.

noun

  1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A formal message requesting something.
  2. Condition of being sought after.
  3. A message sent over a network to a server.
  4. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkwɛst/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɹiˈkwɛst/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Then she worked up an imaginary entertainment and gave invitations to her brothers and sister at the request of a pretended hostess.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
To have complied with this request would have altered the whole principles and practice on which we desired to conduct our business.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
More book examples (3)
Therefore, having pacified the senators, he complied with the request of the three hundred, and went to them alone without any attendance.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Marion then dispatched his orderly to the guilty major, with a request, civilly worded, that he might see him at head quarters.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
In many cases this false expression is half-consciously made for the purpose of beautifying a request or making it appear more modest.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320