I addressed a petition to the mayor.
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Petition
//pəˈtɪʃ.ən//
Synonyms for "petition" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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11 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
143 translations across 52 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἴτημα noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- δέησις noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Arabic
2 entries- عَرِيضَة noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- عَرِيضَة noun (compilation of signatures)
Armenian
2 entries- խնդրագիր noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- պետիցիա noun (compilation of signatures)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- petisiya noun (compilation of signatures)
- ərizə noun (compilation of signatures)
Belarusian
4 entries- петы́цыя noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- петы́цыя noun (compilation of signatures)
- прашэ́нне noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- хада́йніцтва noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жа́лба noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- заявле́ние noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- молба́ noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- пети́ция noun (compilation of signatures)
Catalan
1 entries- petició noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 請願 /请愿 noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Czech
4 entries- návrh noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- petice noun (compilation of signatures)
- suplika noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- žádost noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Danish
3 entries- andragende noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petition noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- andrage verb (to make a request)
Dutch
3 entries- petitie noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- smeekschrift noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- verzoekschrift noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Egyptian
1 entries- spr:r-A2 verb (to make a request)
Esperanto
2 entries- peticio noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petskribo noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Estonian
1 entries- petitsioon noun (compilation of signatures)
Finnish
4 entries- adressi noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- adressi noun (compilation of signatures)
- anomus noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- hakemus noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
French
3 entries- pétition noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- pétition noun (compilation of signatures)
- pétitionner verb (to make a request)
Georgian
1 entries- პეტიცია noun (compilation of signatures)
German
4 entries- Eingabe noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- Petition noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- Petition noun (compilation of signatures)
- Petition noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
Greek
4 entries- αίτηση noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- αίτηση noun (compilation of signatures)
- αίτηση noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- αναφορά noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Hindi
4 entries- याचिका noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- याचिका noun (compilation of signatures)
- याचिका noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- याचना verb (to make a request)
Hungarian
3 entries- kérvény noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petíció noun (compilation of signatures)
- kérvényez verb (to make a request)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Pëtizion noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Indonesian
3 entries- petisi noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petisi noun (compilation of signatures)
- petisi noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
Irish
4 entries- achainí noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- achainí noun (compilation of signatures)
- achainí noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- achainigh verb (to make a request)
Italian
1 entries- petizione noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Japanese
1 entries- 請願 noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Kazakh
1 entries- петиция noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Korean
1 entries- 청원 noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Ladino
3 entries- arzoal noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- arzuhal noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petisyon noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Latin
2 entries- libellus noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petitio noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Macedonian
1 entries- петиција noun (compilation of signatures)
Malay
2 entries- petisyen noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- rayuan noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
Māori
2 entries- petihana noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petihana verb (to make a request)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- arîze noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Persian
4 entries- دادخواست noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- درخواست noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- درخواست noun (compilation of signatures)
- طومار noun (compilation of signatures)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Aunfroag noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Polish
2 entries- petycja noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petycja noun (compilation of signatures)
Portuguese
2 entries- abaixo-assinado noun (compilation of signatures)
- petição noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Romanian
1 entries- petiție noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Russian
4 entries- жа́лоба noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- заявле́ние noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- заявле́ние noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- пети́ция noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- athchuinge noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- athchuinge noun (compilation of signatures)
- athchuinge noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- tagairt noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pètīcija noun (compilation of signatures)
- пѐтӣција noun (compilation of signatures)
Slovak
2 entries- petícia noun (compilation of signatures)
- žiadosť noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Spanish
4 entries- instancia noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- peroración noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petición noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- petición noun (compilation of signatures)
Swedish
4 entries- framställan noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- framställan noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
- namninsamling noun (compilation of signatures)
- petition noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Tajik
2 entries- ариза noun (compilation of signatures)
- дархост noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Tamil
1 entries- மனு noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Thai
1 entries- คำร้อง noun (legal: formal request for judicial action)
Turkish
2 entries- dilekçe noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- dilekçe noun (compilation of signatures)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пети́ція noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
- пети́ція noun (compilation of signatures)
- проха́ння noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Urdu
1 entries- درخواست noun (compilation of signatures)
Welsh
1 entries- deiseb noun (formal, written request made to an official person)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I thought it strange that the petition had been turned down.
Source: tatoeba (271977)
First, we will present a petition to the mayor and collect signatures.
Source: tatoeba (327309)
More than 10,000 people signed the petition.
Source: tatoeba (706805)
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