- request, petition, postulation - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars:application; solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering; demand Derived form: verb request2 - request, asking - the verbal act of requesting
--2 is a kind of speech act
--2 has particulars:notification, notice; wish, indirect request; invitation; entreaty, prayer, appeal; prayer, petition, orison; call; charge, billing; trick or treat; questioning, inquiring; order; recall, callback Derived forms: verb request3, verb request2, verb request1
- request, bespeak, call for, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
--1 is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun request2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- request - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
--2 is one way to ask
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun request1, noun request2
They request to move
They request him to write the letter
- request - inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"
--3 is one way to wonder, inquire, enquire
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun request2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody