request
noun
[ rɪˈkwɛst ]
• an act of asking politely or formally for something.
• "a request for information"
Similar:
appeal,
entreaty,
plea,
petition,
solicitation,
supplication,
prayer,
invocation,
application,
demand,
call,
summons,
requisition,
behest,
imploration,
adjuration,
obtestation,
impetration,
obsecration,
bidding,
asking,
pleading,
petitioning,
begging,
instance,
request
verb
• politely or formally ask for.
• "he received the information he had requested"
Similar:
ask for,
appeal for,
call for,
seek,
solicit,
plead for,
put in a plea for,
pray for,
petition,
sue for,
supplicate for,
apply for,
put in an application for,
put in for,
place an order for,
put in an order for,
order,
demand,
require,
requisition,
call on,
beg,
beseech,
entreat,
implore,
importune,
adjure,
invite,
bid,
obtest,
impetrate,
obsecrate,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French requeste (noun), based on Latin requirere (see require).
