| appeal |
an earnest request for help. [4/6 definitions] |
| application |
a request. [1/4 definitions] |
| apply |
to make a request. [1/5 definitions] |
| approach |
to go to with a request. [1/6 definitions] |
| ask |
to make a request of. [2/5 definitions] |
| beseech |
to make an important or urgent request to; beg. |
| call for |
to request; summon. [1/3 definitions] |
| challenge |
a calling into question; request for an explanation or proof. [1/6 definitions] |
| denial |
the act of refusing to honor a request. [1/2 definitions] |
| encore |
a request by an audience that a performance continue. [1/3 definitions] |
| expect |
If you are expected to do something, you have to do it because of someone's request or order. In some cases, though, someone will just be angry or disappointed if you don't do it. If your parents expect you to do your homework after dinner, you have to do it after dinner or they will be upset or disappointed with you. [1/3 definitions] |
| favorable |
If someone gets a favorable response to a request, the answer to their request is "yes." If you ask your dad if you can go to a movie, and he says "yes," then you received a favorable response from your dad. [1/4 definitions] |
| grant |
If someone grants your wish, they give you the thing that you wish for. If someone grants your request, they let you have what you asked for. [1/2 definitions] |
| imperative sentence |
a sentence that tells someone to do something or makes a request. An example of an imperative sentence is "Tie your shoes." |
| inquiry |
a question or request for information. [1/2 definitions] |
| let |
If you say to your friend, "Let's go," you are requesting that the two of you go now. Your feeling is that you want to go and you are making a request that your friend go too. We make a lot of requests like this. We say things like "Let's play a game, "Let's go to a movie," "Let's get a snack," or "Let's sit down." "Let's" is a short way of saying and writing "let us." [1/3 definitions] |
| move |
to make a formal proposal or request at a meeting or in a court of law. [1/11 definitions] |
| order |
a request for goods to be made or delivered, or the goods themselves. [1/12 definitions] |
| petition |
a formal, written request by many people that is made to a person in authority. [2 definitions] |
| pray |
to address a hope or request to one's god or some other spiritual being. [1/3 definitions] |
| prayer1 |
a request made to one's god, or the act of making such a request. [3/6 definitions] |