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Meaning of request

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  request
      n 1: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to
           an authority [syn: {request}, {petition}, {postulation}]
      2: the verbal act of requesting [syn: {request}, {asking}]
      v 1: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
           extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn:
           {request}, {bespeak}, {call for}, {quest}]
      2: ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at
         noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
      3: inquire for (information); "I requested information from the
         secretary"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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