| query | If you p_______ someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. ...couples petitioning for divorce. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed. Twenty-five of his supporters petitioned him to restore the monarchy. She's petitioning to regain custody of the child. |
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| word | petition |
| full-definition | noun A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people. A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken . His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped. The court rejected their petition. verb If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. ...couples petitioning for divorce. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed. Twenty-five of his supporters petitioned him to restore the monarchy. She's petitioning to regain custody of the child. |
| inflections | petitionspetitioningpetitioned |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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