- request
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ special▪ legitimate, reasonable▪ unreasonable▪ formal, official▪ polite▪ direct▪
I could not deny a direct request like that.
▪ simple▪ odd, strange, unusual▪ initial, original▪I made my initial request for material in February.
▪ final, last▪Her last request before she died was that she be buried at sea.
▪ numerous, repeated▪ urgent▪ explicit, particular, specific▪ email, written▪I got a couple of email requests for it.
▪ interview▪He has refused all interview requests.
▪ budget, funding (both esp. AmE)▪the State Department budget request
▪ extradition▪an extradition request by the US
VERB + REQUEST▪ make, put in, send, submit▪I've put in a request for a room with a view of the sea.
▪ get, have, receive▪We have had repeated requests for a pedestrian crossing near the school.
▪ consider, review▪The judge will now consider this request from the plaintiffs.
▪ accept, agree to, grant▪ accommodate, comply with, fulfil/fulfill (esp. AmE), honour/honor, meet▪His request was always met with the same answer.
▪ approve▪The Commission approved a request for $700 000 in tax refunds.
▪ answer, respond to▪ deal with, handle▪ ignore▪ decline, deny, refuse, reject, turn down▪ repeatPREPOSITION▪ at sb's request▪The book was withdrawn at the author's request.
▪The play was written by Agatha Christie at the request of Queen Mary.
▪ by request▪The writer's name was withheld by request (= because the writer had asked for this to be done).
▪ on request, upon request▪Additional copies will be made available on request.
▪ request for▪The helpline was inundated with requests for information on the crash.
PHRASES▪ available on request, available upon request▪A detailed list of our publications is available on request.
▪ by popular request (esp. BrE) (usually by popular demand)▪The movie is being shown again by popular request.
▪ a number of requests{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ explicitly, specifically▪ formally, officially▪ politely▪ simply▪She had left him a message, simply requesting that he call her back.
▪ reasonably (law, esp. BrE)▪Auditors will be required to provide any information reasonably requested by the bank.
▪ urgently▪ repeatedlyPREPOSITION▪ from▪We have requested some information from the company.
Request is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anonymity, ↑assistance, ↑asylum, ↑audience, ↑authorization, ↑autopsy, ↑balance, ↑catalogue, ↑clarification, ↑clearance, ↑copy, ↑exemption, ↑extension, ↑extradition, ↑funding, ↑hearing, ↑help, ↑indulgence, ↑information, ↑interview, ↑leave, ↑loan, ↑meeting, ↑permission, ↑permit, ↑postponement, ↑presence, ↑recognition, ↑refund, ↑reinforcement, ↑report, ↑return
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
