Definition of petition in English:

petition

noun pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtɪʃ(ə)n

1A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
请愿书
she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields
她被要求在请愿书上签名，反对在当地运动场上修建房屋的计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- The surgery had 350 registered patients and 186 people signed a petition against plans to shut it down.
- More than 700 people have signed a petition opposing plans to drill for oil close to homes on a farmland site in Hampshire.
- A total of 167 parents signed the petition requesting the council help them get to grips with the dog fouling issue.
- In an atmosphere of mounting resentment, more than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the plans.
- Angry cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties.
- More than a fifth of medical doctors have signed a petition stating they will not transmit data to the database.
- But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision.
- More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for the plans to be thrown out and the land left untouched.
- Well, I've signed a lot of petitions and written a lot of letters.
- On the fourth day, she rises, and writes a petition to the higher authorities claiming her right to work as an ordinary state official.
- I hope Evening Press readers will sign petitions and write to their MPs demanding that these plans to pay benefits directly into banks are scrapped.
- Outraged by the Government's threat to their sub post offices, people have signed petitions and written letters urging ministers to think again.
- Two and a half thousand people had signed petitions objecting to the plans, which were raised in 1999 and which would have created up to 30 jobs in a £6m contract.
- Public representatives hope thousands of people will sign a petition aimed at saving the station from closing at night.
- Even if you never write letters, sign petitions, or speak up in public, you can still make a difference in this world.
- We'll be launching a petition where people can sign up to demand global trade justice. It's a bigger issue than many people in government realise.
- They don't hesitate to sign petitions, write letters or otherwise share their opinions.
- More than 100 locals and 40 traders have signed petitions fearing that the plans could ruin the appearance of the area.
- So far 260 people have signed a petition against the plans because they feel development would destroy a green space at the heart of the town.
- The news comes after thousands of local people signed a petition protesting over plans to sell Altrincham ice rink for housing.
Synonyms
appeal, round robin, list of signatures/protesters
1. 1.1 An appeal or request to a deity or a superior.
  请愿；申请；正式的请求；祈求
  a steady stream of petitions to Allah were audible
  Example sentencesExamples
  The shaman is about to perform a cha-chac ceremony: a petition to the god, Chac, to send rain.
  Verse eight declares the defeat of the foul foe and verse nine is a concluding petition to the God of Israel.
  Nor, for that matter, COULD they regulate anyone's private petitions to their own deity!
  Synonyms
  entreaty, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, application, invocation, suit
  archaic orison
  rare imploration
2. 1.2Law An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
  〔律〕申请书，诉状
  a divorce petition
  离婚申请。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I speak of the trial of actions including petitions for divorce or nullity in the High Court.
  Under the rule of four, the petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted.
  The procedure is that of epistolary jurisdiction, where letters written by ordinary citizens to courts get converted into writ petitions.
  Did the court have jurisdiction to entertain an application before a petition had been issued?
  The petition for a writ of habeas corpus at issue in this case was filed on Hamdi's behalf by his father.
  Access to a court through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is among the most fundamental democratic rights of humanity.
  The court stayed the order in two writ petitions filed by the appellants.
  In response, Mainali's lawyers submitted a petition to the high court urging it to make a decision as soon as possible.
  He was especially indignant that when hearing the couple's divorce petitions, the court had affirmed Almena's charge of cruelty.
  The election is subject to the result of the writ petitions before the Supreme Court on the domicile status of candidates contesting the poll.
  In the petition for divorce, Kimberley claims spousal support of $20,000 per month.
  Meanwhile, three writ petitions were admitted in the High Court against the seven-week moratorium.
  In addition, the legality of the ad and its publication has apparently been challenged through writ petitions filed before courts in some parts of the country.
  The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce.
  When convicted prisoners brought petitions for writs of habeas corpus before the U.S. Supreme Court, the prisoners were released immediately.
  The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them.
  There are very recent cases, some of which I have discussed in a previous column, in which courts have denied petitions for fault divorce.
  They want the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and have submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari.
  This High Court order was challenged in a writ petition filed in the apex court.
  The government is maintaining that these aliens do not have the right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. federal courts.

verb pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtɪʃ(ə)n

[with object]often petition someone/something for

1Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.
向…请愿
the organization is petitioning the EU for a moratorium on the patent
该组织正在向欧洲共同体请愿，要求暂时禁止申请生命体专利。
with object and infinitive the islanders petitioned the government to help them leave St Kilda
圣基尔达岛岛民请求政府帮助他们撤离该岛。
Example sentencesExamples
- The residents had petitioned both authorities for traffic reduction measures.
- York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers.
- Terence suggested that we stop wasting time and energy petitioning the authorities for permission to do what we're doing, and simply get on with it.
- Among its early actions was to petition the authorities for a separate Jewish burial ground.
- The Harrogate resident began a campaign to restrict the use of fireworks and became part of a national lobby group that petitioned MPs for change.
Synonyms
appeal to, request, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, beseech, plead with, make a plea to, pray, apply to, solicit, press, urge, adjure, present one's suit to, importune
rare obsecrate
1. 1.1 Make an appeal to (a deity or superior)
  a Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage
  一位高地酋长祈求她父亲准许她和他成婚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Coun Amson even petitioned the Greater London Authority on the police station issue.
  Residents have petitioned the government authorities but no one has given their complaints a hearing.
  The family of a First World War soldier executed for cowardice is petitioning the Government for a posthumous pardon.
  She has petitioned the state authorities for many years over her coerced abortion, her right to work, and other basic rights.
  Have you petitioned your school to change the dress code?
  As well as contacting the company and petitioning them, I'm putting out an appeal for people to try to find any old tins which the company could use to work out the formula.
  The races of Lannith petitioned the gods for aid, and the gods as a whole, for no known reason, suddenly turned their backs on all of their servants.
  I've already begun petitioning commissioner David Stern to expand the awards list.
  She is petitioning for visas for family members in the Philippines.
  Harrow petitioned for leave to appeal to resolve this doubtful point of law and leave, I assume, was given on that basis.
  They went broke defending a San Diego environmental activist who was sued by a huge real estate developer for petitioning to protect bald eagles.
  He established a controversial reputation for himself early by petitioning the American authorities to leave his country.
  While he refused permission to appeal against the ruling, he said the Court of Appeal could be petitioned directly for an appeal hearing.
  She petitioned the House of Lords to appeal but it decided not to hear her case.
  The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances.
  And they have gathered 600 signatures petitioning against the closure.
  Supporters backing the bid are petitioning MPs to create a law to cement the future of the nation's post offices, pubs, and corner shops.
  From New Mexico to Montana, they are petitioning their government and filing lawsuits.
  Worshipers often petitioned the gods for life spans of a hundred years and for permanent life in a similar body in an ideal but comparable world.
  It was they who communicated with the British authorities, petitioned, and formulated demands.
  After failing to get any response from the aviation authorities, the protesters petitioned the president.
  The next step was to create a legal entity, which required petitioning the state board of higher education.
  Synonyms
  ask for, request, solicit, call on, invite, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for
2. 1.2Law Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
  〔律〕申请书，诉状
  the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears
  监护人向法院请求支付欠款。
  no object the Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after one year of marriage
  这项法案允许夫妇结婚一年后申请离婚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Your son's mother has petitioned the court for a hearing to lift the restraining order.
  All fifty states have statutes granting grandparents, and sometimes other third parties, the right to petition a court for visitation with children - even when the parents object.
  The most fundamental of these guarantees - and one of the cornerstones of democratic rights worldwide - is the right to petition a court for a writ of habeas corpus.
  Believing that the trial and verdict were unjust, in April of 1823, Elias petitioned the court for a new trial, but the justices rejected his petition because it did not follow the proper format.
  While women must consent to marriage and may petition a court for a divorce, it is men who actively betroth, marry and divorce; women are betrothed, married and divorced by men.

Derivatives

petitionable

adjective

petitionary

adjective pəˈtɪʃ(ə)nəripəˈtɪʃəˌnɛri

In much the same way, arguments about the existence of God are only useful if you accept the notion that petitionary prayer can result in an objective effect in the phenomenal world.
Example sentencesExamples
- I read several books encouraging very detailed petitionary and intercessory prayers.
- For the past twenty-five years I have been studying various Jewish approaches to petitionary prayer.
- In the petitionary stance, the sixth petition not only asks God to desist from being the remote first cause of temptation.
- They garnered signatures from 87 students that have taken at least one class in the Russian department to attach to their petitionary letter.

Origin

Middle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- 'aimed at, sought, laid claim to', from the verb petere.

compete from early 17th century:
This word is from Latin competere in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’: the elements here are com- ‘together’ and petere ‘aim at, seek’. As well as giving us competition (early 17th century) this is also the source of competent (Late Middle English); while petere gives us: impetus [M17] and impetuous (Late Middle English) ‘seek towards, assail’; petition (Middle English) an act of seeking for something; petulant (late 16th century) originally immodest in what you seek; and repeat (Late Middle English) seek again.

Rhymes

academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), ambition, audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dialectician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, monition, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition

Definition of petition in US English:

petition

nounpəˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtiSH(ə)n

1A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
请愿书
she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields
她被要求在请愿书上签名，反对在当地运动场上修建房屋的计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- Two and a half thousand people had signed petitions objecting to the plans, which were raised in 1999 and which would have created up to 30 jobs in a £6m contract.
- In an atmosphere of mounting resentment, more than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the plans.
- They don't hesitate to sign petitions, write letters or otherwise share their opinions.
- We'll be launching a petition where people can sign up to demand global trade justice. It's a bigger issue than many people in government realise.
- Outraged by the Government's threat to their sub post offices, people have signed petitions and written letters urging ministers to think again.
- More than 700 people have signed a petition opposing plans to drill for oil close to homes on a farmland site in Hampshire.
- The surgery had 350 registered patients and 186 people signed a petition against plans to shut it down.
- But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision.
- So far 260 people have signed a petition against the plans because they feel development would destroy a green space at the heart of the town.
- The news comes after thousands of local people signed a petition protesting over plans to sell Altrincham ice rink for housing.
- More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for the plans to be thrown out and the land left untouched.
- More than a fifth of medical doctors have signed a petition stating they will not transmit data to the database.
- Angry cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties.
- A total of 167 parents signed the petition requesting the council help them get to grips with the dog fouling issue.
- Even if you never write letters, sign petitions, or speak up in public, you can still make a difference in this world.
- On the fourth day, she rises, and writes a petition to the higher authorities claiming her right to work as an ordinary state official.
- Well, I've signed a lot of petitions and written a lot of letters.
- Public representatives hope thousands of people will sign a petition aimed at saving the station from closing at night.
- More than 100 locals and 40 traders have signed petitions fearing that the plans could ruin the appearance of the area.
- I hope Evening Press readers will sign petitions and write to their MPs demanding that these plans to pay benefits directly into banks are scrapped.
Synonyms
appeal, round robin, list of protesters, list of signatures
1. 1.1 An appeal or request, especially a solemn or humble one to a deity or a superior.
  请愿；申请；正式的请求；祈求
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nor, for that matter, COULD they regulate anyone's private petitions to their own deity!
  Verse eight declares the defeat of the foul foe and verse nine is a concluding petition to the God of Israel.
  The shaman is about to perform a cha-chac ceremony: a petition to the god, Chac, to send rain.
  Synonyms
  entreaty, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, application, invocation, suit
2. 1.2Law An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
  〔律〕申请书，诉状
  a divorce petition
  离婚申请。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the petition for divorce, Kimberley claims spousal support of $20,000 per month.
  There are very recent cases, some of which I have discussed in a previous column, in which courts have denied petitions for fault divorce.
  In response, Mainali's lawyers submitted a petition to the high court urging it to make a decision as soon as possible.
  In addition, the legality of the ad and its publication has apparently been challenged through writ petitions filed before courts in some parts of the country.
  This High Court order was challenged in a writ petition filed in the apex court.
  Access to a court through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is among the most fundamental democratic rights of humanity.
  He was especially indignant that when hearing the couple's divorce petitions, the court had affirmed Almena's charge of cruelty.
  The court stayed the order in two writ petitions filed by the appellants.
  The procedure is that of epistolary jurisdiction, where letters written by ordinary citizens to courts get converted into writ petitions.
  The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce.
  Meanwhile, three writ petitions were admitted in the High Court against the seven-week moratorium.
  The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them.
  The election is subject to the result of the writ petitions before the Supreme Court on the domicile status of candidates contesting the poll.
  Under the rule of four, the petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted.
  I speak of the trial of actions including petitions for divorce or nullity in the High Court.
  They want the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and have submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari.
  The petition for a writ of habeas corpus at issue in this case was filed on Hamdi's behalf by his father.
  Did the court have jurisdiction to entertain an application before a petition had been issued?
  The government is maintaining that these aliens do not have the right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. federal courts.
  When convicted prisoners brought petitions for writs of habeas corpus before the U.S. Supreme Court, the prisoners were released immediately.

verbpəˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtiSH(ə)n

[with object]

1Make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause.
向…请愿
Americans who moved west petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as states
with object and infinitive leaders petitioned the government to hold free elections soon
Example sentencesExamples
- York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers.
- Among its early actions was to petition the authorities for a separate Jewish burial ground.
- Terence suggested that we stop wasting time and energy petitioning the authorities for permission to do what we're doing, and simply get on with it.
- The residents had petitioned both authorities for traffic reduction measures.
- The Harrogate resident began a campaign to restrict the use of fireworks and became part of a national lobby group that petitioned MPs for change.
Synonyms
appeal to, request, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, beseech, plead with, make a plea to, pray, apply to, solicit, press, urge, adjure, present one's suit to, importune
1. 1.1 Make a solemn or humble appeal to (a figure of authority)
  正式请求；祈求
  Russell petitioned her father for her hand in marriage
  一位高地酋长祈求她父亲准许她和他成婚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After failing to get any response from the aviation authorities, the protesters petitioned the president.
  Residents have petitioned the government authorities but no one has given their complaints a hearing.
  As well as contacting the company and petitioning them, I'm putting out an appeal for people to try to find any old tins which the company could use to work out the formula.
  I've already begun petitioning commissioner David Stern to expand the awards list.
  Harrow petitioned for leave to appeal to resolve this doubtful point of law and leave, I assume, was given on that basis.
  She is petitioning for visas for family members in the Philippines.
  The next step was to create a legal entity, which required petitioning the state board of higher education.
  Worshipers often petitioned the gods for life spans of a hundred years and for permanent life in a similar body in an ideal but comparable world.
  And they have gathered 600 signatures petitioning against the closure.
  The family of a First World War soldier executed for cowardice is petitioning the Government for a posthumous pardon.
  It was they who communicated with the British authorities, petitioned, and formulated demands.
  She petitioned the House of Lords to appeal but it decided not to hear her case.
  She has petitioned the state authorities for many years over her coerced abortion, her right to work, and other basic rights.
  He established a controversial reputation for himself early by petitioning the American authorities to leave his country.
  While he refused permission to appeal against the ruling, he said the Court of Appeal could be petitioned directly for an appeal hearing.
  The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances.
  Have you petitioned your school to change the dress code?
  They went broke defending a San Diego environmental activist who was sued by a huge real estate developer for petitioning to protect bald eagles.
  Supporters backing the bid are petitioning MPs to create a law to cement the future of the nation's post offices, pubs, and corner shops.
  Coun Amson even petitioned the Greater London Authority on the police station issue.
  From New Mexico to Montana, they are petitioning their government and filing lawsuits.
  The races of Lannith petitioned the gods for aid, and the gods as a whole, for no known reason, suddenly turned their backs on all of their servants.
  Synonyms
  ask for, request, solicit, call on, invite, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for
2. 1.2Law Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
  〔律〕申请书，诉状
  the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears
  监护人向法院请求支付欠款。
  no object the process allows both spouses to jointly petition for divorce
  Example sentencesExamples
  While women must consent to marriage and may petition a court for a divorce, it is men who actively betroth, marry and divorce; women are betrothed, married and divorced by men.
  Believing that the trial and verdict were unjust, in April of 1823, Elias petitioned the court for a new trial, but the justices rejected his petition because it did not follow the proper format.
  All fifty states have statutes granting grandparents, and sometimes other third parties, the right to petition a court for visitation with children - even when the parents object.
  Your son's mother has petitioned the court for a hearing to lift the restraining order.
  The most fundamental of these guarantees - and one of the cornerstones of democratic rights worldwide - is the right to petition a court for a writ of habeas corpus.

Origin

Middle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere.

词汇	petition
释义	Definition of petition in English: petition noun pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtɪʃ(ə)n 1A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause. 请愿书 she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields 她被要求在请愿书上签名，反对在当地运动场上修建房屋的计划。 Example sentencesExamples The surgery had 350 registered patients and 186 people signed a petition against plans to shut it down. More than 700 people have signed a petition opposing plans to drill for oil close to homes on a farmland site in Hampshire. A total of 167 parents signed the petition requesting the council help them get to grips with the dog fouling issue. In an atmosphere of mounting resentment, more than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the plans. Angry cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties. More than a fifth of medical doctors have signed a petition stating they will not transmit data to the database. But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision. More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for the plans to be thrown out and the land left untouched. Well, I've signed a lot of petitions and written a lot of letters. On the fourth day, she rises, and writes a petition to the higher authorities claiming her right to work as an ordinary state official. I hope Evening Press readers will sign petitions and write to their MPs demanding that these plans to pay benefits directly into banks are scrapped. Outraged by the Government's threat to their sub post offices, people have signed petitions and written letters urging ministers to think again. Two and a half thousand people had signed petitions objecting to the plans, which were raised in 1999 and which would have created up to 30 jobs in a £6m contract. Public representatives hope thousands of people will sign a petition aimed at saving the station from closing at night. Even if you never write letters, sign petitions, or speak up in public, you can still make a difference in this world. We'll be launching a petition where people can sign up to demand global trade justice. It's a bigger issue than many people in government realise. They don't hesitate to sign petitions, write letters or otherwise share their opinions. More than 100 locals and 40 traders have signed petitions fearing that the plans could ruin the appearance of the area. So far 260 people have signed a petition against the plans because they feel development would destroy a green space at the heart of the town. The news comes after thousands of local people signed a petition protesting over plans to sell Altrincham ice rink for housing. Synonyms appeal, round robin, list of signatures/protesters 1.1 An appeal or request to a deity or a superior. 请愿；申请；正式的请求；祈求 a steady stream of petitions to Allah were audible Example sentencesExamples The shaman is about to perform a cha-chac ceremony: a petition to the god, Chac, to send rain. Verse eight declares the defeat of the foul foe and verse nine is a concluding petition to the God of Israel. Nor, for that matter, COULD they regulate anyone's private petitions to their own deity! Synonyms entreaty, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, application, invocation, suit archaic orison rare imploration 1.2Law An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. 〔律〕申请书，诉状 a divorce petition 离婚申请。 Example sentencesExamples I speak of the trial of actions including petitions for divorce or nullity in the High Court. Under the rule of four, the petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted. The procedure is that of epistolary jurisdiction, where letters written by ordinary citizens to courts get converted into writ petitions. Did the court have jurisdiction to entertain an application before a petition had been issued? The petition for a writ of habeas corpus at issue in this case was filed on Hamdi's behalf by his father. Access to a court through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is among the most fundamental democratic rights of humanity. The court stayed the order in two writ petitions filed by the appellants. In response, Mainali's lawyers submitted a petition to the high court urging it to make a decision as soon as possible. He was especially indignant that when hearing the couple's divorce petitions, the court had affirmed Almena's charge of cruelty. The election is subject to the result of the writ petitions before the Supreme Court on the domicile status of candidates contesting the poll. In the petition for divorce, Kimberley claims spousal support of $20,000 per month. Meanwhile, three writ petitions were admitted in the High Court against the seven-week moratorium. In addition, the legality of the ad and its publication has apparently been challenged through writ petitions filed before courts in some parts of the country. The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce. When convicted prisoners brought petitions for writs of habeas corpus before the U.S. Supreme Court, the prisoners were released immediately. The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them. There are very recent cases, some of which I have discussed in a previous column, in which courts have denied petitions for fault divorce. They want the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and have submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari. This High Court order was challenged in a writ petition filed in the apex court. The government is maintaining that these aliens do not have the right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. federal courts. verb pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtɪʃ(ə)n [with object]often petition someone/something for 1Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause. 向…请愿 the organization is petitioning the EU for a moratorium on the patent 该组织正在向欧洲共同体请愿，要求暂时禁止申请生命体专利。 with object and infinitive the islanders petitioned the government to help them leave St Kilda 圣基尔达岛岛民请求政府帮助他们撤离该岛。 Example sentencesExamples The residents had petitioned both authorities for traffic reduction measures. York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers. Terence suggested that we stop wasting time and energy petitioning the authorities for permission to do what we're doing, and simply get on with it. Among its early actions was to petition the authorities for a separate Jewish burial ground. The Harrogate resident began a campaign to restrict the use of fireworks and became part of a national lobby group that petitioned MPs for change. Synonyms appeal to, request, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, beseech, plead with, make a plea to, pray, apply to, solicit, press, urge, adjure, present one's suit to, importune rare obsecrate 1.1 Make an appeal to (a deity or superior) a Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage 一位高地酋长祈求她父亲准许她和他成婚。 Example sentencesExamples Coun Amson even petitioned the Greater London Authority on the police station issue. Residents have petitioned the government authorities but no one has given their complaints a hearing. The family of a First World War soldier executed for cowardice is petitioning the Government for a posthumous pardon. She has petitioned the state authorities for many years over her coerced abortion, her right to work, and other basic rights. Have you petitioned your school to change the dress code? As well as contacting the company and petitioning them, I'm putting out an appeal for people to try to find any old tins which the company could use to work out the formula. The races of Lannith petitioned the gods for aid, and the gods as a whole, for no known reason, suddenly turned their backs on all of their servants. I've already begun petitioning commissioner David Stern to expand the awards list. She is petitioning for visas for family members in the Philippines. Harrow petitioned for leave to appeal to resolve this doubtful point of law and leave, I assume, was given on that basis. They went broke defending a San Diego environmental activist who was sued by a huge real estate developer for petitioning to protect bald eagles. He established a controversial reputation for himself early by petitioning the American authorities to leave his country. While he refused permission to appeal against the ruling, he said the Court of Appeal could be petitioned directly for an appeal hearing. She petitioned the House of Lords to appeal but it decided not to hear her case. The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances. And they have gathered 600 signatures petitioning against the closure. Supporters backing the bid are petitioning MPs to create a law to cement the future of the nation's post offices, pubs, and corner shops. From New Mexico to Montana, they are petitioning their government and filing lawsuits. Worshipers often petitioned the gods for life spans of a hundred years and for permanent life in a similar body in an ideal but comparable world. It was they who communicated with the British authorities, petitioned, and formulated demands. After failing to get any response from the aviation authorities, the protesters petitioned the president. The next step was to create a legal entity, which required petitioning the state board of higher education. Synonyms ask for, request, solicit, call on, invite, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for 1.2Law Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. 〔律〕申请书，诉状 the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears 监护人向法院请求支付欠款。 no object the Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after one year of marriage 这项法案允许夫妇结婚一年后申请离婚。 Example sentencesExamples Your son's mother has petitioned the court for a hearing to lift the restraining order. All fifty states have statutes granting grandparents, and sometimes other third parties, the right to petition a court for visitation with children - even when the parents object. The most fundamental of these guarantees - and one of the cornerstones of democratic rights worldwide - is the right to petition a court for a writ of habeas corpus. Believing that the trial and verdict were unjust, in April of 1823, Elias petitioned the court for a new trial, but the justices rejected his petition because it did not follow the proper format. While women must consent to marriage and may petition a court for a divorce, it is men who actively betroth, marry and divorce; women are betrothed, married and divorced by men. Derivatives petitionable adjective petitionary adjective pəˈtɪʃ(ə)nəripəˈtɪʃəˌnɛri In much the same way, arguments about the existence of God are only useful if you accept the notion that petitionary prayer can result in an objective effect in the phenomenal world. Example sentencesExamples I read several books encouraging very detailed petitionary and intercessory prayers. For the past twenty-five years I have been studying various Jewish approaches to petitionary prayer. In the petitionary stance, the sixth petition not only asks God to desist from being the remote first cause of temptation. They garnered signatures from 87 students that have taken at least one class in the Russian department to attach to their petitionary letter. Origin Middle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- 'aimed at, sought, laid claim to', from the verb petere. compete from early 17th century: This word is from Latin competere in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’: the elements here are com- ‘together’ and petere ‘aim at, seek’. As well as giving us competition (early 17th century) this is also the source of competent (Late Middle English); while petere gives us: impetus [M17] and impetuous (Late Middle English) ‘seek towards, assail’; petition (Middle English) an act of seeking for something; petulant (late 16th century) originally immodest in what you seek; and repeat (Late Middle English) seek again. Rhymes academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), ambition, audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dialectician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, monition, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition Definition of petition in US English: petition nounpəˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtiSH(ə)n 1A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause. 请愿书 she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields 她被要求在请愿书上签名，反对在当地运动场上修建房屋的计划。 Example sentencesExamples Two and a half thousand people had signed petitions objecting to the plans, which were raised in 1999 and which would have created up to 30 jobs in a £6m contract. In an atmosphere of mounting resentment, more than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the plans. They don't hesitate to sign petitions, write letters or otherwise share their opinions. We'll be launching a petition where people can sign up to demand global trade justice. It's a bigger issue than many people in government realise. Outraged by the Government's threat to their sub post offices, people have signed petitions and written letters urging ministers to think again. More than 700 people have signed a petition opposing plans to drill for oil close to homes on a farmland site in Hampshire. The surgery had 350 registered patients and 186 people signed a petition against plans to shut it down. But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision. So far 260 people have signed a petition against the plans because they feel development would destroy a green space at the heart of the town. The news comes after thousands of local people signed a petition protesting over plans to sell Altrincham ice rink for housing. More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for the plans to be thrown out and the land left untouched. More than a fifth of medical doctors have signed a petition stating they will not transmit data to the database. Angry cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties. A total of 167 parents signed the petition requesting the council help them get to grips with the dog fouling issue. Even if you never write letters, sign petitions, or speak up in public, you can still make a difference in this world. On the fourth day, she rises, and writes a petition to the higher authorities claiming her right to work as an ordinary state official. Well, I've signed a lot of petitions and written a lot of letters. Public representatives hope thousands of people will sign a petition aimed at saving the station from closing at night. More than 100 locals and 40 traders have signed petitions fearing that the plans could ruin the appearance of the area. I hope Evening Press readers will sign petitions and write to their MPs demanding that these plans to pay benefits directly into banks are scrapped. Synonyms appeal, round robin, list of protesters, list of signatures 1.1 An appeal or request, especially a solemn or humble one to a deity or a superior. 请愿；申请；正式的请求；祈求 Example sentencesExamples Nor, for that matter, COULD they regulate anyone's private petitions to their own deity! Verse eight declares the defeat of the foul foe and verse nine is a concluding petition to the God of Israel. The shaman is about to perform a cha-chac ceremony: a petition to the god, Chac, to send rain. Synonyms entreaty, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, application, invocation, suit 1.2Law An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. 〔律〕申请书，诉状 a divorce petition 离婚申请。 Example sentencesExamples In the petition for divorce, Kimberley claims spousal support of $20,000 per month. There are very recent cases, some of which I have discussed in a previous column, in which courts have denied petitions for fault divorce. In response, Mainali's lawyers submitted a petition to the high court urging it to make a decision as soon as possible. In addition, the legality of the ad and its publication has apparently been challenged through writ petitions filed before courts in some parts of the country. This High Court order was challenged in a writ petition filed in the apex court. Access to a court through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is among the most fundamental democratic rights of humanity. He was especially indignant that when hearing the couple's divorce petitions, the court had affirmed Almena's charge of cruelty. The court stayed the order in two writ petitions filed by the appellants. The procedure is that of epistolary jurisdiction, where letters written by ordinary citizens to courts get converted into writ petitions. The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce. Meanwhile, three writ petitions were admitted in the High Court against the seven-week moratorium. The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them. The election is subject to the result of the writ petitions before the Supreme Court on the domicile status of candidates contesting the poll. Under the rule of four, the petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted. I speak of the trial of actions including petitions for divorce or nullity in the High Court. They want the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and have submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus at issue in this case was filed on Hamdi's behalf by his father. Did the court have jurisdiction to entertain an application before a petition had been issued? The government is maintaining that these aliens do not have the right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. federal courts. When convicted prisoners brought petitions for writs of habeas corpus before the U.S. Supreme Court, the prisoners were released immediately. verbpəˈtɪʃ(ə)npəˈtiSH(ə)n [with object] 1Make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause. 向…请愿 Americans who moved west petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as states with object and infinitive leaders petitioned the government to hold free elections soon Example sentencesExamples York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers. Among its early actions was to petition the authorities for a separate Jewish burial ground. Terence suggested that we stop wasting time and energy petitioning the authorities for permission to do what we're doing, and simply get on with it. The residents had petitioned both authorities for traffic reduction measures. The Harrogate resident began a campaign to restrict the use of fireworks and became part of a national lobby group that petitioned MPs for change. Synonyms appeal to, request, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, beseech, plead with, make a plea to, pray, apply to, solicit, press, urge, adjure, present one's suit to, importune 1.1 Make a solemn or humble appeal to (a figure of authority) 正式请求；祈求 Russell petitioned her father for her hand in marriage 一位高地酋长祈求她父亲准许她和他成婚。 Example sentencesExamples After failing to get any response from the aviation authorities, the protesters petitioned the president. Residents have petitioned the government authorities but no one has given their complaints a hearing. As well as contacting the company and petitioning them, I'm putting out an appeal for people to try to find any old tins which the company could use to work out the formula. I've already begun petitioning commissioner David Stern to expand the awards list. Harrow petitioned for leave to appeal to resolve this doubtful point of law and leave, I assume, was given on that basis. She is petitioning for visas for family members in the Philippines. The next step was to create a legal entity, which required petitioning the state board of higher education. Worshipers often petitioned the gods for life spans of a hundred years and for permanent life in a similar body in an ideal but comparable world. And they have gathered 600 signatures petitioning against the closure. The family of a First World War soldier executed for cowardice is petitioning the Government for a posthumous pardon. It was they who communicated with the British authorities, petitioned, and formulated demands. She petitioned the House of Lords to appeal but it decided not to hear her case. She has petitioned the state authorities for many years over her coerced abortion, her right to work, and other basic rights. He established a controversial reputation for himself early by petitioning the American authorities to leave his country. While he refused permission to appeal against the ruling, he said the Court of Appeal could be petitioned directly for an appeal hearing. The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances. Have you petitioned your school to change the dress code? They went broke defending a San Diego environmental activist who was sued by a huge real estate developer for petitioning to protect bald eagles. Supporters backing the bid are petitioning MPs to create a law to cement the future of the nation's post offices, pubs, and corner shops. Coun Amson even petitioned the Greater London Authority on the police station issue. From New Mexico to Montana, they are petitioning their government and filing lawsuits. The races of Lannith petitioned the gods for aid, and the gods as a whole, for no known reason, suddenly turned their backs on all of their servants. Synonyms ask for, request, solicit, call on, invite, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for 1.2Law Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. 〔律〕申请书，诉状 the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears 监护人向法院请求支付欠款。 no object the process allows both spouses to jointly petition for divorce Example sentencesExamples While women must consent to marriage and may petition a court for a divorce, it is men who actively betroth, marry and divorce; women are betrothed, married and divorced by men. Believing that the trial and verdict were unjust, in April of 1823, Elias petitioned the court for a new trial, but the justices rejected his petition because it did not follow the proper format. All fifty states have statutes granting grandparents, and sometimes other third parties, the right to petition a court for visitation with children - even when the parents object. Your son's mother has petitioned the court for a hearing to lift the restraining order. The most fundamental of these guarantees - and one of the cornerstones of democratic rights worldwide - is the right to petition a court for a writ of habeas corpus. Origin Middle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere.
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