REQUEST


Meaning of REQUEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪkwest ]

( requests, requesting, requested)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you request something, you ask for it politely or formally. ( FORMAL )

Mr Dennis said he had requested access to a telephone...

She had requested that the door to her room be left open.

VERB : V n , V that

2.

If you request someone to do something, you politely or formally ask them to do it. ( FORMAL )

Students are requested to park at the rear of the Department.

VERB : V n to-inf

3.

If you make a request , you politely or formally ask someone to do something.

France had agreed to his request for political asylum...

N-COUNT : oft N for n , N that / to-inf

4.

A request is a song or piece of music which someone has asked a performer or disc jockey to play.

If you have any requests, I’d be happy to play them for you.

N-COUNT

5.

If you do something at someone’s request , you do it because they have asked you to.

The evacuation is being organised at the request of the United Nations Secretary General.

PHRASE

6.

If something is given or done on request , it is given or done whenever you ask for it.

Leaflets giving details are available on request...

PHRASE

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