nnoun.communicationa formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authoritySynset:postulation request
Derivationally Related Form:petitionarypetitionrequest
Hypernyms:content message subject matter substance
Inherited Hypernyms:requestmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:appealapplicationcollectiondemandingatheringsolicitation
Full Hyponyms:applicationcallchallengecredit applicationdemandinsistencejob applicationloan applicationmargin callmortgage applicationpatent applicationpurismrequisitionsolicitationultimatumwage claimwhip-round
nnoun.communicationreverent petition to a deitySynset:orison prayer
Derivationally Related Form:pray
Hypernyms:asking request
Inherited Hypernyms:prayerrequestspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:benedictionblessingcollectcomminationdeprecationgraceintercessioninvocationprayer wheelrequiescatsupplicationthanksgiving
Full Hyponyms:benedictionbenisoncollectcomminationdeprecationgraceintercessioninvocationprayer wheelrequiescatrogation
vverb.communicationwrite a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writingDerivationally Related Form:petitionerpetition
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:petitionrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:supplicate
Full Troponyms:supplicate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- to move (apply to: petition)