Request Rɪˈkwest Information Made Asked I Noun Aid

• a request for information
• they made a request for further aid.
• he submitted a request to adopt a flexible working routine.
• to grant a request

request

1. the action of asking for something formally and politely; a thing that you formally ask for
• a request for information
• They made a request for further aid.
• He submitted a request to adopt a flexible working routine.
• to grant a request
• to refuse/decline/reject/deny a request
• She went to the wedding at her mother's request (= because her mother had asked her to go).
• He was there at the request of his manager (= because his manager had asked him to go).
• The writer's name was withheld by request (= because the writer asked for this to be done).
• Application forms are available on request.
• She left her address with a request that any mail should be sent on to her.

Extra Examples

• My request was granted.
• Additional copies will be made available on request.
• We will arrange accommodation on request.
• The play was written by Agatha Christie at the request of Queen Mary.
• The film is being shown again by popular request.
• The book was withdrawn at the author's request.
• I made my initial request for material in February.
• His request was always met with the same answer.
• I could not deny a direct request like that.
• I got a couple of email requests for it.
• I've put in a request for a room with a view of the sea.
• The Commission approved a request for $700 000 in tax refunds.
• The helpline was inundated with requests for information on the crash.
• We have had repeated requests for a pedestrian crossing near the school.
• an extradition request by the US
• the State Department budget request
• The judge will now consider this request from the plaintiffs.
• He has refused all interview requests.
• Her last request before she died was that she be buried at sea.
• The bank received numerous requests for information from government regulators.
2. an instruction to a computer to perform a task
• When the software has finished processing the request, a download window pops up.
3. a song or tune that somebody asks to have played on a radio programme
• The next request is from a listener in Aberdeen.
• a radio request programme

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French requeste (noun), based on Latin requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’.