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US
/ɹiˈkwɛst, ɹɪˈkwɛst/
]
[ UK /ɹɪkwˈɛst/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪkwˈɛst/ ]
VERB
-
express the need or desire for
She called for room service
when you call, always ask for Mary
She requested an extra bed in her room -
ask (a person) to do something
I requested that she type the entire manuscript
She asked him to be here at noon -
inquire for (information)
I requested information from the secretary
NOUN
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- the verbal act of requesting
How To Use request In A Sentence
- The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
- To relieve anxiety about funeral costs, we will introduce a funeral payment of ￡600, available on request.
- Typically directors will request indemnities from the company when they become involved in a claim or if they are successful in defending a claim made against them.
- Vanessa raised hundreds of pounds for the charity by playing requests in exchange for donations to the appeal.
- Mr. SOARIES: Robert Tilton, Robert Tilton is a so-called televangelist who was discovered to have gotten prayer requests accompanied by money and then when an investigative reporter went behind his church he found all of those prayer requests dumped unopened. NPR Topics: News
- Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by twelve noon.
- Inspired by the intrepid babushka, I overcame the inbred fear of Russian salesmen and requested that my order be warmed as well.
- When asked for permission to reproduce a work she granted the request and refused payment.
- The arbiter device receives requests for data transfers from the master devices and selectively transmits the requests to the slave devices.
- She weighed in on the issue more than a year ago, officially requesting that the Minister's office do something to stop the apparent rot at the company.