request+for+something

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• send for something — send for (something) to request that something be sent or brought to you. She sent for catalogs and read lots of books before she started the garden …   New idioms dictionary

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• send away for something — send away for (something) to request something by mail. She sent away for applications to six colleges …   New idioms dictionary

• request — [ri kwest′] n. [ME < OFr requeste < ML requesta < fem. pp. of VL * requaerere: see REQUIRE] 1. the act of asking, or expressing a desire, for something; solicitation or petition 2. something asked for [to grant a request] 3. the state of …   English World dictionary

• request — I noun appeal, application, asking, begging, behest, beseechment, bid, call, claim, demand, desideratum, entreaty, exaction, expressed desire, impetration, imploration, importunity, insistence, invitation, invocation, motion, obsecration, order,… …   Law dictionary

• request — ► NOUN 1) an act of asking politely or formally for something. 2) a thing that is asked for in such a way. ► VERB 1) politely or formally ask for. 2) politely or formally ask (someone) to do something. DERIVATIVES requester noun …   English terms dictionary

• for the asking — {adv. phr.} By asking; by asking for it; on request. * /John said I could borrow his bike any time. It was mine for the asking./ * /Teacher said her advice was free for the asking./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• for the asking — {adv. phr.} By asking; by asking for it; on request. * /John said I could borrow his bike any time. It was mine for the asking./ * /Teacher said her advice was free for the asking./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Request — Re*quest (r? kw?st ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Requesting}.] [Cf. OF. requester, F. requ[^e]ter.] 1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• request — re|quest1 [ rı kwest ] noun count *** 1. ) an act of asking for something in a polite or formal way: request for: Requests for visas will be dealt with within 48 hours. refuse/reject a request: Three banks have already refused his request for a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• request — 1 /rI kwest/ noun 1 (C) a polite or formal demand for something (+ for): They have made an urgent request for international aid. | request that: He ignored the neighbours requests that he should make less noise. | at sb s request (=because they… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English