request
/ɹɪˈkwɛst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
noun
noun
Condition of being sought after.
Example Sentences
- "The corporal requested reinforcements."
- "I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position."
- "Copies of records of Spear's long-distance telephone calls (which had been requested by Norfolk County police from the telephone company)"
- "She called me into her office and requested me to sit down."
- "I will marry her, sir, at your request."
- "The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request."
Etymology
From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
requests (present, singular)
requesting (participle, present)
requested (participle, past)
requested (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
requested (first person, past)
requestest (archaic, present)
requested (past, second person)
requestedst (archaic, past)
requesteth (archaic, present)
requested (past, singular)
Derived Forms
Phrases
discovery request
merge request
pull request
request for admission
request for comments
request for production
request for quotation
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