{
    "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’."
}