"request" | Definition and Related Words

request

Noun

A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority (synset 106525357)
is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
subtypes:
- application - a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation - request for a sum of money
- demand - an urgent or peremptory request
same as: petition, postulation
The verbal act of requesting (synset 107199985)
is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
subtypes:
- notice, notification - a request for payment
- indirect request, wish - an expression of some desire or inclination
- invitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
- appeal, entreaty, prayer - earnest or urgent request
- orison, petition, prayer - reverent petition to a deity
- call - a request
- billing, charge - request for payment of a debt
- trick or treat - a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse
- inquiring, questioning - a request for information
- order - a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- callback, recall - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
same as: asking

Verb

Express the need or desire for (synset 200754770)
"She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary"

is a type of: communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across - transmit information
subtypes:
- order - make a request for something
- ask - make a request or demand for something to somebody
- encore - request an encore, from a performer
- petition - write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
- demand - request urgently and forcefully
- appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- supplicate - ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- apply - ask (for something)
- beg, solicit, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- reserve - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
- challenge - ask for identification
- beg off, excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- demand - ask to be informed of
- claim - ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- call for, invite - request the participation or presence of
- ask in, invite - ask to enter
- desire - express a desire for
- beg - ask to obtain free
- arrogate, claim, lay claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask over, ask round, invite - invite someone to one's house
- call - call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- ask, ask out, invite out, take out - make a date
- book, hold, reserve - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
same as: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest

verb group: call for, invite - request the participation or presence of
Ask (a person) to do something (synset 200755473)
"She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"

is a type of: ask - make a request or demand for something to somebody
subtypes:
- enjoin, order, say, tell - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- call - order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- bid, invite - ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- declare oneself, offer, pop the question, propose - ask (someone) to marry you
Inquire for (information) (synset 201071831)
"I requested information from the secretary"

is a type of: enquire, inquire, wonder - have a wish or desire to know something

subtypes: seek - inquire for

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