request
//ɹɪˈkwɛst//
Forms
- present (v1)
- request
- past (v2)
- requested
- past participle (v3)
- requested
- present participle
- requesting
- 3rd person singular
- requests
- Plural
- requests
Definitions
1.To ask for (something).
- I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
2.To ask (somebody) to do something.
- She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.
1.Condition of being sought after.
2.A message sent over a network to a server.
- The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
3.Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- I will marry her, sir, at your request.
- The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.
4.A formal message requesting something.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1913
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).