(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you ask for it politely or formally. (FORMAL)
Mr Dennis said he had ~ed access to a telephone...
She had ~ed that the door to her room be left open.
VERB: V n, V that
2.
If you ~ someone to do something, you politely or formally ask them to do it. (FORMAL)
Students are ~ed to park at the rear of the Department.
VERB: V n to-inf
3.
If you make a ~, you politely or formally ask someone to do something.
France had agreed to his ~ for political asylum...
N-COUNT: oft N for n, N that/to-inf
4.
A ~ is a song or piece of music which someone has asked a performer or disc jockey to play.
If you have any ~s, I’d be happy to play them for you.
N-COUNT
5.
If you do something at someone’s ~, you do it because they have asked you to.
The evacuation is being organised at the ~ of the United Nations Secretary General.
PHRASE
6.
If something is given or done on ~, it is given or done whenever you ask for it.
Leaflets giving details are available on ~...
PHRASE