| asking | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ notice, notification | a request for payment.; "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting" |
| ~ indirect request, wish | an expression of some desire or inclination.; "I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave"; "his crying was an indirect request for attention" |
| ~ invitation | a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something.; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away" |
| ~ appeal, entreaty, prayer | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| ~ orison, petition, prayer | reverent petition to a deity. |
| ~ call | a request.; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" |
| ~ billing, charge | request for payment of a debt.; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" |
| ~ trick or treat | a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse. |
| ~ inquiring, questioning | a request for information. |
| ~ order | a request for something to be made, supplied, or served.; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle" |
| ~ callback, recall | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair). |
| petition | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. petition, postulation, request | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ application | a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.; "December 31 is the deadline for applications" |
| ~ ingathering, solicitation, collection, appeal | request for a sum of money.; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ demand | an urgent or peremptory request.; "his demands for attention were unceasing" |
| n. (communication) | 2. orison, petition, prayer | reverent petition to a deity. |
| ~ prayer wheel | a cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet. |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ benediction, blessing | a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection. |
| ~ collect | a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England. |
| ~ commination | prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday. |
| ~ deprecation | a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster. |
| ~ thanksgiving, blessing, grace | a short prayer of thanks before a meal.; "their youngest son said grace" |
| ~ intercession | a prayer to God on behalf of another person. |
| ~ invocation, supplication | a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service. |
| ~ requiescat | a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person. |
| v. (communication) | 3. petition | write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ supplicate | make a humble, earnest petition.; "supplicate for permission" |
| beg | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. beg, implore, pray | call upon in supplication; entreat.; "I beg you to stop!" |
| ~ crave | plead or ask for earnestly. |
| ~ supplicate | ask humbly (for something).; "He supplicated the King for clemency" |
| ~ plead | appeal or request earnestly.; "I pleaded with him to stop" |
| ~ importune, insist | beg persistently and urgently.; "I importune you to help them" |
| v. (communication) | 2. beg, solicit, tap | make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ quest | seek alms, as for religious purposes. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. |
| ~ buttonhole, lobby | detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. |
| v. (possession) | 3. beg | ask to obtain free.; "beg money and food" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ schnorr, shnorr, cadge, scrounge | obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" |
| ~ panhandle | beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money. |
| v. (communication) | 4. beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, fudge, parry, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| request | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. bespeak, call for, quest, request | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ order | make a request for something.; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" |
| ~ ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody.; "She asked him for a loan" |
| ~ encore | request an encore, from a performer. |
| ~ petition | write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. |
| ~ demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
| ~ appeal, invoke | request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" |
| ~ supplicate | ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer.; "supplicate God's blessing" |
| ~ apply | ask (for something).; "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" |
| ~ solicit, beg, tap | make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" |
| ~ reserve | obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance.; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's" |
| ~ challenge | ask for identification.; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard" |
| ~ beg off, excuse | ask for permission to be released from an engagement. |
| ~ demand | ask to be informed of.; "I demand an explanation" |
| ~ claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ call for, invite | request the participation or presence of.; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" |
| ~ call for, invite | request the participation or presence of.; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" |
| ~ ask in, invite | ask to enter.; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" |
| ~ desire | express a desire for. |
| ~ beg | ask to obtain free.; "beg money and food" |
| ~ arrogate, lay claim, claim | demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" |
| ~ ask over, ask round, invite | invite someone to one's house.; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" |
| ~ call | call a meeting; invite or command to meet.; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" |
| ~ ask out, invite out, take out | make a date.; "Has he asked you out yet?" |
| ~ book, reserve, hold | arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" |
| v. (communication) | 2. request | ask (a person) to do something.; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| ~ order, enjoin, tell, say | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" |
| ~ ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody.; "She asked him for a loan" |
| ~ call | order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role.; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" |
| ~ invite, bid | ask someone in a friendly way to do something. |
| ~ declare oneself, pop the question, propose, offer | ask (someone) to marry you.; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman" |
| v. (communication) | 3. request | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| ~ wonder, inquire, enquire | have a wish or desire to know something.; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" |
| ~ seek | inquire for.; "seek directions from a local" |
| solicit | | |
| v. (social) | 1. court, romance, solicit, woo | make amorous advances towards.; "John is courting Mary" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ chase after, chase | pursue someone sexually or romantically. |
| ~ display | attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals. |
| v. (communication) | 2. accost, hook, solicit | approach with an offer of sexual favors.; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" |
| ~ snare, hook | entice and trap.; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" |
| ~ offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish.; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
| v. (communication) | 3. solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| v. (communication) | 4. solicit | make a solicitation or petition for something desired.; "She is too shy to solicit" |
| ~ ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody.; "She asked him for a loan" |
| kayo | | |
| n. (act) | 1. kayo, knockout, ko | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious. |
| ~ technical knockout, tko | a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 2. kayo, knock cold, knock out | knock unconscious or senseless.; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| flame | | |
| n. (process) | 1. fire, flame, flaming | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" |
| ~ blaze, blazing | a strong flame that burns brightly.; "the blaze spread rapidly" |
| ~ combustion, burning | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light. |
| ~ flare | a sudden burst of flame. |
| ~ ignition | the process of initiating combustion or catching fire. |
| v. (weather) | 2. flame, flare | shine with a sudden light.; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment" |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| v. (weather) | 3. flame | be in flames or aflame.; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset" |
| ~ burn, combust | undergo combustion.; "Maple wood burns well" |
| v. (communication) | 4. flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed" |
| ~ castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| kayo | | |
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