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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for help |
| Synonyms: | address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, imploration, importunity, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission, suit, supplication |
| Antonyms: | denial, disavowal, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation |
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation, tendency |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | behest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order; personal decree |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prompting, request, solicitation, wish, word |
| Notes: | behest is a stronger term than request |
Example Sentences
- Oakes dissented, saying the solicitation of contributions should be allowed in public areas of airport terminals.
- Minimum three years experience fundraising with record of successful donor solicitation.
- In fact, the solicitation treats it as an afterthought, tucked away in a parenthetical aside.
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, announcement |
| Synonyms: | appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, solicitation, subpoena, summons, supplication, visit |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, entreaty, hope, importunity, petition, solicitation, supplication, want, wish |
| Antonyms: | answer, antagonism, reply |
| Main Entry: | invitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proposal; asking |
| Synonyms: | allurement, appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, compliments, coquetry, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, prompting, proposition, provocation, rain check, reason, request, solicitation, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge |
| Main Entry: | petition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appeal, plea |
| Synonyms: | address, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, invocation, memorial, prayer, request, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication |
| Main Entry: | plea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | begging request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, intercession, orison, overture, petition, prayer, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
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