petition
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4.1
- noun
- /pəˈtɪʃən/
- Formal
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petición
- When the department refused to explain, he drew up a petition to have the decision reviewed.
- signed petitions
- file a petition
- submit a petition
It doesn't just mean a grassroots petition in your local school district.
- It doesn't just mean a grassroots petition in your local school district.
- Leaders, of course, take note of protests and petitions and other forms of activism.
- It appears that both petitions go hand in hand.
- You can sign a petition, you can make a post to Facebook.
- And so we've actually put a petition out.
- It says sign a petition for people to stop taking selfies with tigers.
- Three years later, I think there's a giant, I guess like what's it called, a petition that's signed by a ton of powerful people.
Examples
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This is my formal petition to bring back decades.
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So she started a petition to oppose it.
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Nobody does anything about it except sign this petition and send us money.
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So bad I would like to start a petition to have you remove it.
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In Chicago, we put together a petition.
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Will you sign this petition?
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Today was the deadline, and she picked up her petition at City Hall at nine a.m.
Fiction book (2000) -
Yesterday, we signed a petition asking to revoke this law.
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This petition is all we need to get Ruby's house declared a public nuisance.
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A group of students created a petition to request better food options in the cafeteria.
Synonyms
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1.0
A polite, formal asking for something to be done or given
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2.4
A written request for something, for example a job or a place at school
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3.9
A strong request asking people for help or support
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6.7
An official form used to ask for goods or equipment in an office
A formal written request people send to an authority to ask for something
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Petition as a noun comes from the Latin petitio and the root petere, meaning 'to seek' or 'to ask'. So a petition is a written 'asking' used to seek change from an authority, often signed by many people.