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request definition
Overview
This page has 10 definitions of request in English and Middle English. Request is a verb and noun. Examples of how to use request in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English request definition
Alternative forms
- requeste (obsolete)
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 (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requetér.
Pronunciation
Verb
request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)
- (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).
- The corporal requested reinforcements.
- I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
- (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.
Translations
to express the need or desire for
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to ask somebody to do something
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Noun
request (plural requests)
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- I will marry her, sir, at your request.
- 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports:
- The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.
- A formal message requesting something.
- Synonyms: petition, postulation
- Condition of being sought after.
- Synonym: demand
- 1690, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Ancient and Modern Learning”, in Miscellanea. The Second Part. [...], 2nd edition, London: […] J. R. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, page 49:
- I do not doubt, but many Great and more Noble Uſes would have been made of ſuch Conqueſts or Diſcoveries, if they had fallen to the ſhare of the Greeks and Romans in thoſe Ages, when Knowledge and Fame were in as great Requeſt, as endleſs Gains and Wealth are among us now; [...]
- (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
- The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
- (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 106:15:
- He gave them their request.
Related terms
Translations
act of requesting
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formal message requesting something
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condition of being sought after
message sent over a network
See also
Further reading
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request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “request”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “request”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “request”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Middle English request definition
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- + quest.
Pronunciation
Noun
request (plural requestes)
- A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
- (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
- (Late Middle English) A adventure or heroic journey.
Descendants
References
- “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.