solicit
verb /səˈlɪsɪt/
/səˈlɪsɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they solicit | /səˈlɪsɪt/ /səˈlɪsɪt/ |
| he / she / it solicits | /səˈlɪsɪts/ /səˈlɪsɪts/ |
| past simple solicited | /səˈlɪsɪtɪd/ /səˈlɪsɪtɪd/ |
| past participle solicited | /səˈlɪsɪtɪd/ /səˈlɪsɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form soliciting | /səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/ /səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to ask somebody for something, such as support, money or information; to try to get something or persuade somebody to do something
- solicit something (from somebody) They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations.
- They send representatives abroad to solicit business.
- solicit somebody (for something) Historians and critics are solicited for their opinions.
- solicit (for something) to solicit for money
- solicit somebody to do something Volunteers are being solicited to assist with the project.
Extra Examples- She solicited support from other teachers.
- Several members were persuaded to solicit for his removal from office.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- for
- from
- [intransitive, transitive] solicit (somebody) (of a prostitute) to offer to have sex with people in return for money
- Prostitutes solicited openly in the streets.
- the crime of soliciting
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’).