HOW TO PRONOUNCE
request
/ɹɪˈkwɛst/
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What does request mean?
verb
- To ask for (something).
- To ask (somebody) to do something.
noun
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
More meanings (4)
noun
- A formal message requesting something.
- Condition of being sought after.
- A message sent over a network to a server.
- (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈkwɛst/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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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.
To have complied with this request would have altered the whole principles and practice on which we desired to conduct our business.
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.
Marion then dispatched his orderly to the guilty major, with a request, civilly worded, that he might see him at head quarters.
In many cases this false expression is half-consciously made for the purpose of beautifying a request or making it appear more modest.