1. Express the need or desire for
   "when you call, always request Mary";
   - ask for, bespeak, call for
    
2. Ask (a person) to do something
   "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
    
3. Inquire for (information)
   "I requested information from the secretary"

1. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
   "She submitted a request for extended leave";
   - petition, postulation
    
2. The verbal act of requesting
   "His request for a raise was met with silence from his boss";
   - asking

Derived forms: requested, requests, requesting

Type of: ask, communicate, content, enquire [Brit, Cdn], inquire, message, pass, pass along, pass on, put across, speech act, subject matter, substance, wonder

Encyclopedia: Request