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# solicit

«solicit» in Mova's school dictionary: **To ask for something such as money, help or opinions…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (solicit, solicits, solicited, soliciting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To ask for something such as money, help or opinions, especially politely or officially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#m1)

2) (formal) To try to get business or customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#m2)

3) (law) To ask someone in a public place for something illegal, which adults are forbidden to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In formal letters and news: «The school solicited donations», «The council solicited residents' opinions». On signs: «No soliciting» means no selling door to door or asking for money here. In law it can mean asking for something illegal. Phrases: «solicit donations», «solicit feedback», «no soliciting».

### examples

- The charity solicited donations for the flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x1)
- The teacher solicited our ideas for the class trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x2)
- The sign on the door said «No soliciting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x3)
- The council solicited opinions from people in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x4)
- It is against the rules to solicit money in the school car park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x5)
- The shop solicited feedback from its customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: solicited, soliciting (no doubled letters). Related: «solicitor» (in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ: a kind of lawyer). «Solicit» is formal; everyday words: «ask for», «request». «Unsolicited» = not asked for (unsolicited advice).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «solicit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.