āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to solicit
01
āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to request something, usually in a formal or persistent manner
Transitive: to solicit sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sales team has been soliciting feedback from customers to improve their products.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in the act of propositioning oneself or others for sexual activity, usually in exchange for payment
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was approached by a man on the street who was soliciting for sexual services.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāύ āϞā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϝā§āύ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻāϏā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to urge or encourage others to commit unlawful acts or defy authority
Ditransitive: to solicit sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was charged with soliciting minors to participate in illegal activities.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦā§āϧ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϞāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to formally request or appeal for something
Ditransitive: to solicit sb for sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nonprofit solicited donors for contributions to its disaster relief fund.
āĻ
āϞāĻžāĻāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϝā§āĻ āϤā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to seek someone's affection, typically with romantic intentions
Transitive: to solicit sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The suitor solicited the young woman by serenading her beneath her window.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϤāϰā§āĻŖā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āϰā§āύāĻžāĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
solicitor
solicitous
solicit
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