English Explanatory Dictionary

request

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To ask for (something).
  2. To ask (somebody) to do something.
noun
  1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
  2. A formal message requesting something.
  3. Condition of being sought after.
  4. A message sent over a network to a server.
  5. That which is asked for or requested.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkwɛst/ en-us-request.ogg

Word forms

request requests requesting requested no-table-tags glossary requestest requestedst requesteth requeste

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”). Compare to French requérir.

Synonyms

desire ask bespeak call for asking beseech prayer wish petition postulation demand

Related words

require requirement requisite Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Derived words

nonrequested requestable requestee requester requestingly requestive requestor unrequested discovery request merge request multirequest pull request request for admission request for comments request for production request for quotation requestman subrequest

Translations

Arabic: طَلَبَ Arabic: طلب Armenian: խնդրել Armenian: հայցել Belarusian: запы́тваць Belarusian: запыта́ць Central Bikol: hagad Catalan: demanar Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭ Chinese Mandarin: 請求 /请求 Chinese Mandarin: 拜托 Chinese Mandarin: 要求 Czech: žádat Czech: požádat Dalmatian: precur Danish: anmode Danish: forespørge Danish: indkalde Danish: tilkalde Dutch: verzoeken Egyptian: d:bH-b-H-A2 Esperanto: peti Estonian: paluma Estonian: soovima Finnish: pyytää Finnish: anoa French: demander Galician: requirir German: anfordern German: erwünschen German: verlangen nach German: begehren Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 Greek: ζητώ Ancient Greek: αἰτέω Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ Hindi: निवेदन करना Hungarian: kér Hungarian: igényel Hungarian: kíván Icelandic: biðja Ido: demandar Ingrian: kyssyä Ingrian: ampua Irish: iarr Japanese: 要望する Japanese: 要請する Japanese: 求める Japanese: 頼む Kazakh: сұрау салу Khmer: សុំ Khmer: សូម Korean: 부탁하다 Korean: 요망하다 Korean: 요청하다 Korean: 요구하다 Latin: petō Latin: requīrō Latin: poscō Latvian: prasīt Latvian: lūgt Lithuanian: prašyti Macedonian: барање Malayalam: അഭ്യർത്ഥിക്കുക Norwegian Bokmål: anmode Occitan: demandar Persian: درخواست کردن Persian: طلب کردن Persian: درخواستن
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