solicitation
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5.8
- noun
- /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
- Formal
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solicitud
- When it was possible, we sent e-mail solicitations to graduate student electronic mailing lists within each surveyed department.
- direct-mail solicitation
- direct solicitation
- e-mail solicitation
OK, what I've had it with is door to door solicitations for services.
- OK, what I've had it with is door to door solicitations for services.
- But I will say this, I have fucking had it with religious solicitations at a door.
- The last time someone asked me to sign their petition, I asked if it was to stop solicitations outside of Target and he said no.
- It might not be so inefficient to put the burden on the speaker to state when ads with stated prices are merely solicitations.
Examples
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Christmas is approaching, and we've received our annual solicitation from the Fireman's Toy Fund.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was only at the solicitation of your friends that he sent me in her place to make this plea for your return.
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I used to do phone solicitation for these guys.
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And in the early days, public solicitation.
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As a news article published by Inside Higher Ed described, this type of solicitation raises a number of important questions.
Academic text (2016) -
We need to go through this open and uncompetitive solicitation to find the right project with industry support to fund.
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There are tens of thousands of solicitations on this website.
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What is it with this new trend of late-night charitable solicitations?
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The participants volunteered anonymously from an email solicitation sent by the public school administrators and university faculty.
Academic text (2011) -
The charity launched a new solicitation campaign to raise funds for homeless shelters.
Synonyms
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1.0
A polite, formal asking for something to be done or given
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3.9
A strong request asking people for help or support
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2.8
A request for money to help a charity or cause
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8.7
A humble request for help from someone in power or from God
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7.6
A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness
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1.0
A request you make to someone for something you want
A humble request that someone makes to a person in power
A strong, urgent request for help
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Solicitation comes from the Latin verb sollicitare, which meant 'to urge' or 'to ask strongly'. It is the same root as solicit, so a solicitation is an active, often formal request for money, help, or support.