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request
English
Alternative forms
- requeste (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requ?s?ta, feminine of requ?s?tus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requ?r? (“require, ask”). Compare to French requetér.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???kw?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: re?quest
Verb
request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)
- (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).
- (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.
- Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for
Translations
Noun
request (plural requests)
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish
- 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports
- The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.
- A formal message requesting something.
- Synonyms: petition, postulation
- Condition of being sought after.
- Synonym: demand
- (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
- (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
Derived terms
- discovery request
- request for admission
- request for production
Related terms
- require
- requirement
- requisite
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary:Requested entries:English
Further reading
- request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- request in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- request in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- request at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- quester
Middle English
Alternative forms
- requeste, reqweste, rekeyste
Etymology
From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +? quest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??kw?st(?)/
Noun
request (plural requestes)
- A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
- (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
- (Late Middle English) A adventure or heroic journey.
Descendants
- English: request
- Scots: request
References
- “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.
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access
English
Etymology 1
- First attested in the early 14th century.
- (entrance): First attested about 1380.
- From Middle English accesse, acces, from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of acc?d? (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æks?s/
- (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', IPA(key): /?æk?s?s/
- Hyphenation: ac?cess
Noun
access (countable and uncountable, plural accesses)
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- All access was thronged.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1
- I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.
- 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- The first access looked like an apoplexy.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
- 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.
- 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
Usage notes
- (outburst, paroxysm): sometimes confused with excess.
Derived terms
- access day
- direct access
- random access
- remote access
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
- First attested in 1962.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æks?s/, /?k?s?s/
- (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', ?k-s?s?, IPA(key): /?æk?s?s/, /?k?s?s/
- Hyphenation: ac?cess
Verb
access (third-person singular simple present accesses, present participle accessing, simple past and past participle accessed)
- (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
- (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).
- I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Translations
References
- access in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- access in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- access at OneLook Dictionary Search
- access in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
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