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request
noun
an
act
of
asking
someone
politely
or
formally
for
something
•
She
made
a
polite
request
for
more
time
to
finish
her
assignment
.
She
made
a
polite
request
for
more
time
to
finish
her
assignment
.
•
His
request
to
leave
work
early
was
granted
by
the
supervisor
.
His
request
to
leave
work
early
was
granted
by
the
supervisor
.
From
Middle
English
requeste
,
from
Old
French
requeste
,
from
Latin
requaerere
meaning
“
to
seek
again
,
ask
for
”.
verb
-
request
,
requesting
,
requests
,
requested
to
ask
someone
politely
or
formally
to
do
something
or
to
provide
something
•
Could
I
request
a
window
seat
,
please
?
Could
I
request
a
window
seat
,
please
?
•
They
requested
more
information
about
the
new
policy
.
They
requested
more
information
about
the
new
policy
.
From
the
noun
‘
request
’;
first
recorded
as
a
verb
in
the
early
16th
century
.
noun
in
computing
,
a
message
sent
from
one
computer
or
program
to
another
asking
for
data
or
action
•
Each
time
you
open
a
webpage
,
your
browser
sends
a
request
to
the
server
.
Each
time
you
open
a
webpage
,
your
browser
sends
a
request
to
the
server
.
•
The
API
can
handle
thousands
of
requests
per
second
.
The
API
can
handle
thousands
of
requests
per
second
.
Adopted
in
technical
jargon
in
the
mid-20th
century
,
extending
the
general
sense
of
‘
asking
’
to
computer
communication
.
