request
request Lexical Profile
request Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An act of asking politely or formally for something.
"The committee approved her request for additional research funding."
A thing that is asked for, such as a specific song asked to be played by a musician or broadcaster.
"The radio host spent the final hour of the show playing listener requests."
A message sent by a client computer or application to a server asking it to perform a specific operation or return data (in computing).
"The web server crashed after receiving thousands of simultaneous network requests."
• verb
To politely or formally ask for something.
"Applicants must request an official transcript from their previous university."
To politely or formally ask a person to do something.
"Visitors are requested to silence their mobile phones before entering the library."
Word Nuance & Usage
When used as a transitive verb, 'request' takes a direct object directly and should not be followed by the preposition 'for' (e.g., 'request a refund', not 'request for a refund'), unlike the noun form ('make a request for a refund').
• Rhymes for request
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, the feminine past participle of Latin requirere ('to seek again, ask for'), formed from re- ('back, again') and quaerere ('to seek, ask').