request

1. 1.

   a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

   Synonymspetitionpostulation

   Broadermessage

   Narrowerapplicationsolicitationdemand
2. 2.

   the verbal act of requesting

   Synonymsasking

   Broaderspeech act

   Narrowernotificationwishinvitationentreatyprayercallchargetrick or treatquestioningorder

Other forms of request

plural

requests·

past tense

requested·

present participle

requesting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about request

What does request mean?

request means "express the need or desire for". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in request?

request has 2 syllables: req-uest. The stress falls on "uest". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈkwɛst/.

What is another word for request?

Close synonyms include ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, petition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is request a common word?

request is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with request?

3 words rhyme with request. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.