request

🇺🇸 /rɪˈkwest/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈkwest/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A2

A polite or formal way of asking for something.

I made a request for more information about the job.

R

A message sent to a computer to do a task.

The server received a request to load the webpage.

R

A song that someone asks to be played on the radio.

My request was played on the radio show yesterday.

verb
R

To politely or formally ask for something.

He requested help with his homework.

translation

n. A polite or formal way of asking for something.; A message sent to a computer to do a task.; A song that someone asks to be played on the radio.
v. To politely or formally ask for something.

Word Forms

3rd Present requests
Past requested
Perfect requested
Progressive requesting
Plural requests