Meaning

3 senses
  1. A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.

    We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.

    Petition, Eingabe, Petition

    пети́цияpetícija, хода́тайствоxodátajstvo, проше́ниеprošénije

    пети́ціяpetýcija, проха́нняproxánnja, пети́ціяpetýcija

  2. (broadly)A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.

  3. A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.

    a petition to aid

    a petition to God for courage and strength

    a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Examples

45 sentences
  1. I'll sign the petition.

    Я підпишу петицію.

    ruЯ подпишу петицию.

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  2. Please sign this petition.

    Будь ласка, підпиши цю петицію.

    ruПожалуйста, подпишите эту петицию.

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  3. I never sign petitions.

    Я ніколи не підписую петиції.

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  4. Would you please sign our petition?

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  5. Tom refused to sign the petition.

    ruТом отказался подписывать петицию.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
formal, written request made to an official person:
Русский
By meaning 2
formal, written request made to an official person:
legal: formal request for judicial action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
formal, written request made to an official person:

Origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petiti

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).

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Forms

plural: petitions
Singularpetition
Pluralpetitions

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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