different between request vs announcement

English

Alternative forms

• requeste (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requ?s?ta, feminine of requ?s?tus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requ?r? (“require, ask”). Compare to French requetér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: re?quest

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

1. (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).

2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

   Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

Translations

Noun

request (plural requests)

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish

   • 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports

     The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.

2. A formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms: petition, postulation

3. Condition of being sought after.

   Synonym: demand
4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

Derived terms

• discovery request
• request for admission
• request for production

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Further reading

• request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• request in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• request in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• request at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• quester

Middle English

Alternative forms

• requeste, reqweste, rekeyste

Etymology

From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +? quest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??kw?st(?)/

Noun

request (plural requestes)

1. A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
2. (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
3. (Late Middle English) A adventure or heroic journey.

Descendants

• English: request
• Scots: request

References

• “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.

For Wiktionary's announcements, see Wiktionary:Announcements

English

Etymology

announce +? -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??na?ns.m?nt/

Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.

   He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make.

2. That which conveys what is announced.

   This announcement was made during the first training session.

3. The content which is announced.

   The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Synonyms

• proclamation
• publication

Translations

References

• announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.