request

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• transitive v. To express a desire for; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause: requested information about the experiment; requested to see the evidence firsthand; requested that the bus driver stop at the next corner.
• transitive v. To ask (a person) to do something: The police requested her to accompany them.
• n. The act of asking.
• n. Something asked for.
• idiom by request In response to an expressed desire: We are offering these scarves for sale again by request.
• idiom in request In great demand: a pianist in great request.
• idiom on When asked for: References are available on request.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• n. Act of requesting.
• n. Formal message requesting something.
• n. Condition of being sought after.
• v. to express the need or desire for
• v. to ask somebody to do something

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
• n. That which is asked for or requested.
• n. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.
• transitive v. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit.
• transitive v. To address with a request; to ask.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• n. The expression of desire to some person for something to be granted or done; an asking; a petition; a prayer; an entreaty.
• n. That which is asked for or requested.
• n. A question.
• n. The state of being desired, or held in such estimation as to be sought after, pursued, or asked for.
• n. An English tribunal of a special jurisdiction for the recovery of small debts.
• n. Letters formerly granted by the Lord Privy Seal preparatory to granting letters of marque.
• n. Synonyms Petition, Suit, etc. (see prayer), solicitation. See ask.
• To make a request for; ask; solicit; express desire for.
• To express a request to; ask.
• Synonyms Beg. Beseech, etc., (see ask), desire, petition for.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• v. ask (a person) to do something
• v. express the need or desire for; ask for
• n. the verbal act of requesting
• v. inquire for (information)
• n. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority