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{
"term": "request",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the action of asking for something formally and politely; a thing that you formally ask for",
"sensetop": "request for somethingrequest to do somethingat somebody's requestat the request of somebodyby requeston requestrequest that…",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **request for information**",
"contextForm": "request for something"
},
{
"text": "They **made a request** for further aid."
},
{
"text": "He **submitted a request** to adopt a flexible working routine.",
"contextForm": "request to do something"
},
{
"text": "to **grant a request**"
},
{
"text": "to **refuse/decline/reject/deny a request**"
},
{
"text": "She went to the wedding at her mother's request *(= because her mother had asked her to go)*.",
"contextForm": "at somebody's request"
},
{
"text": "He was there at the request of his manager *(= because his manager had asked him to go)*.",
"contextForm": "at the request of somebody"
},
{
"text": "The writer's name was withheld by request *(= because the writer asked for this to be done)*.",
"contextForm": "by request"
},
{
"text": "Application forms are available on request.",
"contextForm": "on request"
},
{
"text": "She left her address with a request that any mail should be sent on to her.",
"contextForm": "request that…"
},
{
"text": "My request was granted."
},
{
"text": "Additional copies will be made available on request."
},
{
"text": "We will arrange accommodation on request."
},
{
"text": "The play was written by Agatha Christie at the request of Queen Mary."
},
{
"text": "The film is being shown again by popular request."
},
{
"text": "The book was withdrawn at the author's request."
},
{
"text": "I made my initial request for material in February."
},
{
"text": "His request was always met with the same answer."
},
{
"text": "I could not deny a direct request like that."
},
{
"text": "I got a couple of email requests for it."
},
{
"text": "I've put in a request for a room with a view of the sea."
},
{
"text": "The Commission approved a request for $700 000 in tax refunds."
},
{
"text": "The helpline was inundated with requests for information on the crash."
},
{
"text": "We have had repeated requests for a pedestrian crossing near the school."
},
{
"text": "an extradition request by the US"
},
{
"text": "the State Department budget request"
},
{
"text": "The judge will now consider this request from the plaintiffs."
},
{
"text": "He has refused all interview requests."
},
{
"text": "Her last request before she died was that she be buried at sea."
},
{
"text": "The bank received numerous requests for information from government regulators."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["special", "legitimate", "reasonable"],
"verb + request": ["make", "put in", "send"],
"preposition": ["at somebody’s request", "by request", "on request"],
"phrases": [
"available on request",
"available upon request",
"by popular request"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an instruction to a computer to perform a task",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the software has finished processing the request, a download window pops up."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a song or tune that somebody asks to have played on a radio programme",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The next request is from a listener in Aberdeen."
},
{
"text": "a radio request programme"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["special", "legitimate", "reasonable"],
"verb + request": ["make", "put in", "send"],
"preposition": ["at somebody’s request", "by request", "on request"],
"phrases": [
"available on request",
"available upon request",
"by popular request"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkwest/",
"audio": "re/request/request__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkwest/",
"audio": "re/request/request__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French requeste (noun), based on Latin requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’."
}