to request

Examples

• All

• Mr. Chairman, if I might request another hour?

  The China Syndrome (1979)

• And Mr. Weiss himself has instructed me to request bail in the amount of $250,000.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Carers would no longer have to request an assessment to get one.

  Academic text (2011)

• A researcher called each of the participants to request a meeting to explain the project.

  Academic text (2011)

• Do you have procedures in place for individuals to request reconsideration of library materials?

  Academic text (2011)

• At three of the colleges, we were granted fewer than the requested number of interviews.

  Academic text (2011)

• Bell Canada then went to Nortel and requested a solution for this problem.

  Academic text (1999)

• The FCC opened an investigation, and it requested numerous internal documents from the telecom provider.

  Academic text (2011)

• In 1975, the parents of Karen Anne Quinlan requested that their 21-year-old daughter be taken off the ventilator.

  Academic text (2011)

• The student politely requested additional time to complete the exam.

Synonyms

W

to wish

vsto request

∞ 1.0

To want something to happen, often when it seems unlikely, or to ask for it politely

is a direct polite formal plea rather than a mere hope or desire

A

to ask

vsto request

∞ 1.0

To request that someone do something or meet a requirement

is specifically polite or formally phrased rather than neutral or demanding

A

to ask for

vsto request

∞ 1.0

To tell someone you want or need something

is more polite or formally phrased than this general asking

O

to order

vsto request

∞ 1.0

To ask for goods or services to be sent

is polite and formal but not necessarily official or recorded

A

to apply

vsto request

466 1.4

Make a formal request, usually in writing, for a job or permission

is polite and formal but can be spoken and less tied to writing

B

to beg

vsto request

417 1.0

Ask someone very seriously and urgently for something

is polite and formal rather than desperate or pleading

C

to call for

vsto request

369 3.3

Ask people in public to give or do something

is used privately or politely rather than as a public demand

P

to pray

vsto request

• Archaic

256 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is polite and formal but not typically humble or prayerful in tone

P

to plead

vsto request

232 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

is polite and formal without the emotional appeal or urgency

A

to ask for help

vsto request

98 1.0

To tell someone you need support with a task or problem

is polite and formal and applies beyond requests for help

S

to solicit

vsto request

• Formal

48 6.8

To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way

is polite and formal but less persistent or earnest in tone

B

to beseech

vsto request

• Formal

47 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

is formal and polite without the intense emotional fervor

I

to implore

vsto request

• Formal

40 5.3

To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something

is polite and formal rather than desperate or emotionally urgent

B

to bid

vsto request

• Archaic

28 3.5

To tell someone politely or formally to do something

is a polite formal asking rather than an instruction or command

E

to entreat

vsto request

• Formal

12 8.1

Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something

is calmer and polite rather than urgent pleading

S

to supplicate

vsto request

• Formal

3 9.6

To beg someone, often in prayer, for help or favor

is polite and formal but lacks the humble begging or prayerful tone

Idioms

O

on request

3 2.5

People can get it when they ask for it

Phrasal Verbs

R

to request a refund

1 2.8

Ask for money back because a product or service is faulty

Compounds

I

indirect request

5.9

A statement or question that asks for something without saying it directly

How Forceful

to demand

943 2.7

to insist

∞ 2.8

to request

∞ 1.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology