How to spell request

Request is spelled R-E-Q-U-E-S-T. It is re plus quest: the K sound is QU, and the end is -EST.

hear itre·quest/rɪ'kwɛst/verbRules and real life

What it means: To ask politely for something.

In a sentence: Can I request a picture to color in?

Same family: requested, requesting, requester, requestion (nonstandard, but confused with ‘question’), require (related in meaning: to need). If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Request” comes from Old French “requeste,” from Latin “requaerere / requirere,” meaning ‘to seek again’ or ‘to ask for.’ It’s related to the word “quest,” which originally meant a search or hunt for something.

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