#asking__request the verbal act of requesting
supertype: #speech_act the use of language to perform some act
subtype: #notification__notice a request for payment; "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting"
subtype: #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"
subtype: #invitation a formal request to participate or be present
subtype: #bidding__summons a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"
subtype: #invite a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"
subtype: #entreaty__prayer__appeal earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
subtype: #adjuration a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
subtype: #demagoguery__demagogy impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
subtype: #flag_waving__jingoism an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
subtype: #supplication__plea humble request for help
subtype: #solicitation an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"
subtype: #beggary__begging__mendicancy a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
subtype: #touch.solicitation the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
subtype: #importunity__urgency__urging insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
subtype: #suit a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
subtype: #courtship__wooing__courting__suit a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
subtype: #bundling.courtship a one-time custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
subtype: #petition.prayer__prayer__communion__orison reverent petition to a deity
subtype: #benediction__blessing a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
subtype: #benison a spoken blessing
subtype: #collect a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
subtype: #commination prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
subtype: #thanksgiving__grace__blessing a short prayer of thanks before a meal
subtype: #intercession a prayer to God on behalf of another person
subtype: #invocation.petition__supplication a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
subtype: #rogation a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church
subtype: #requiescat a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person
subtype: #call.asking a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
subtype: #billing__charge request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
subtype: #presentment a document that must be accepted and paid by another person
subtype: #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
subtype: #questioning__inquiring a request for information
subtype: #challenge.questioning questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "he challenged the assumption that Japan is our enemy"
subtype: #query__question__inquiry__enquiry an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
subtype: #interrogation__examination formal systematic questioning
subtype: #catechism a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
subtype: #deposition (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually done in a lawyer's office
subtype: #inquisition a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
subtype: #third_degree__thirddegree interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession
subtype: #cross-examination__crossexamination (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
subtype: #direct_examination (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
subtype: #redirect_examination (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination
subtype: #interview the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists; "my interviews with teen-agers revealed a weakening of religious bonds"
subtype: #job_interview__jobinterview__employment_interview an interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment
subtype: #telephone_interview__telephoneinterview an interview conducted over the telephone
subtype: #debriefing report of a mission or task
subtype: #order.asking a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
subtype: #short_order__shortorder an order for food that can be prepared quickly
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