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to petition
01
to write and submit an official written document
Intransitive: to petition for sth
Transitive: to petition an authority
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
petition
3rd person singular
petitions
Past simple
petitioned
Past participle
petitioned
Examples
Last year, the citizens petitioned the local government to improve public transportation.
Petition
01
a written request, signed by a group of people, that asks an organization or government to take a specific action
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
petitions
Examples
Over 10,000 people signed the petition to save the local park from development.
02
a humble or sincere prayer or request made to a god or deity
Examples
The priest offered a petition for peace during the ceremony.
Lexical Tree
petitioner
petition
