request
pronunciation
How to pronounce request in British English:
UK [rɪˈkwest]
How to pronounce request in American English:
US [rɪˈkwest]
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- Noun:
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- the verbal act of requesting
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- Verb:
- express the need or desire for; ask for
- ask (a person) to do something
- inquire for (information)
Word Origin
- request
- request: [14] Request and require [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin requīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and quaerere ‘ask, search’ (source of English enquire, question, etc). It originally meant ‘seek again, ask for again’, and it passed into Vulgar Latin as *requaerere, whose feminine past participle *requaesita has given English request. ‘Ask for’ gradually passed via ‘demand’ into ‘need’, and it was in this sense that English acquired the verb *requaerere, through Old French requere, as require.Derivatives include requisite [15] and requisition [16].=> enquire, inquest, query, question, requisition
- request (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French requeste (Modern French requête) "a request," from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requisita "a thing asked for," fem. of requisitus "requested, demanded," from past participle stem of requirere (see require).
- request (v.)
- 1530s, from request (n.) or from Middle French requester, from Old French requester "ask again, request, reclaim," from requeste. Related: Requested; requesting.
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Example
- 1. We did it at her request .
- 2. She added that no-one refused her request .
- 3. Il tritone sleeps 12 with prices on request .
- 4. The request is notable for its size .
- 5. Some employees also request stand-up desks , bypassing the chair altogether .