request

¹re·quest

noun \ri-ˈkwest\

Definition of REQUEST

1

: the act or an instance of asking for something

2

: something asked for <granted her request>

3

: the condition or fact of being requested <available on request>

4

: the state of being sought after : demand

Examples of REQUEST

1. They made a request to begin work immediately.
2. She filed a formal request for more information.
3. At your request, I am enclosing a full refund of your payment.
4. Troops were sent at the request of our allies.
5. This next song is a request from one of our listeners.

Origin of REQUEST

Middle English requeste, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *requaesta, from feminine of requaestus, past participle of requaerere to require

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REQUEST

Synonyms: call, inquiry, query, question

Related Words: interrogatory; poll, questionnaire, survey; inquisition, interrogating, interrogation, questioning; examination, exploration, inquest, investigation, probe, probing, research, study

Near Antonyms: answer, reply, response

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Rhymes with REQUEST

abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West