request
verb/rɪˈkwest/
/rɪˈkwest/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they request | /rɪˈkwest/ /rɪˈkwest/ |
| he / she / it requests | /rɪˈkwests/ /rɪˈkwests/ |
| past simple requested | /rɪˈkwestɪd/ /rɪˈkwestɪd/ |
| past participle requested | /rɪˈkwestɪd/ /rɪˈkwestɪd/ |
| -ing form requesting | /rɪˈkwestɪŋ/ /rɪˈkwestɪŋ/ |
- to ask for something or ask somebody to do something in a polite or formal way
- request something She requested permission to film at the White House.
- You can request a free copy of the leaflet.
- She requested anonymity because she wasn't authorized to speak to the press.
- request something from somebody/something The government has requested information from the companies involved in the scandal.
- be requested to do something Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits.
- We were requested to assemble in the lobby.
- request that… She requested that no one be told of her decision until the next meeting.
- (British English also) She requested that no one should be told of her decision.
- + speech ‘Please come with me,’ he requested.
Extra Examples- Call us now if you’d like to request a song (= ask for it to be played on the radio)
- Auditors will be required to provide any information reasonably requested by the bank.
- She had left him a message, simply requesting that he call her back.
- Aid agencies have urgently requested help.
- You are politely requested not to bring food or drink into the library.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- explicitly
- specifically
- formally
- …
- from
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French requeste (noun), based on Latin requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’.
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