request

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English

Alternative forms

• requeste (obsolete)

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 (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkwɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: re‧quest

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

1. (transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

   Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

Translations

Noun

request (plural requests)

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish
2. A formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms: petition, postulation

3. Condition of being sought after.

   Synonym: demand
4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

Derived terms

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

Descendants

• → Dutch: request
• → Japanese: リクエスト (rikuesuto)
• → Korean: 리퀘스트 (rikweseuteu)

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Further reading

• request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “request”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “request”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “request”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• quester

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English request. Doublet of rekest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈkʋɛst/

Noun

request n or m (plural requests, diminutive requestje n)

1. (networking) request (message sent over network)

   Synonym: verzoek

   Stuur even een request naar die API. ― Send a request to that API real quick.

Usage notes

• Semantically and etymologically differentiated from rekest, which has an archaic spelling request (see Etymology 2 below); rekest (which is borrowed from French) is a general word for any type of request, whereas request (as borrowed from English) has a different pronunciation and is limited to computing contexts.

Etymology 2

See rekest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈkʋɛst/

Noun

request n (plural requesten, diminutive requestje n)

1. Obsolete spelling of rekest.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• requeste, reqweste, rekeyste

Etymology

From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +‎ quest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkwɛst(ə)/

Noun

request (plural requestes)

1. A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
2. (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
3. (Late Middle English) An adventure or heroic journey.

Descendants

• English: request, requeste (obsolete)
  • → Dutch: request
  • → Japanese: リクエスト (rikuesuto)
  • → Korean: 리퀘스트 (rikweseuteu)
• Scots: request

References

• “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.