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Meaning petition meaning
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Synonyms petition synonyms
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Topics petition topics
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Conjugation petition conjugation
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petition · verb
Present I petition
Positive I petition
Singular
1st person I petition
2nd person you petition
3rd person he/she/it petitions
Plural
1st person we petition
2nd person you petition
3rd person they petition
Negative I don't petition
Singular
1st person I don't petition I do not petition
2nd person you don't petition you do not petition
3rd person he/she/it doesn't petition he/she/it does not petition
Plural
1st person we don't petition we do not petition
2nd person you don't petition you do not petition
3rd person they don't petition they do not petition
Question do I petition?
Singular
1st person do I petition?
2nd person do you petition?
3rd person does he/she/it petition?
Plural
1st person do we petition?
2nd person do you petition?
3rd person do they petition?
Negative question don't I petition?
Singular
1st person don't I petition? do I not petition?
2nd person don't you petition? do you not petition?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it petition? does he/she/it not petition?
Plural
1st person don't we petition? do we not petition?
2nd person don't you petition? do you not petition?
3rd person don't they petition? do they not petition?
Past I petitioned
Positive I petitioned
Singular
1st person I petitioned
2nd person you petitioned
3rd person he/she/it petitioned
Plural
1st person we petitioned
2nd person you petitioned
3rd person they petitioned
Negative I didn't petition
Singular
1st person I didn't petition I did not petition
2nd person you didn't petition you did not petition
3rd person he/she/it didn't petition he/she/it did not petition
Plural
1st person we didn't petition we did not petition
2nd person you didn't petition you did not petition
3rd person they didn't petition they did not petition
Question did I petition?
Singular
1st person did I petition?
2nd person did you petition?
3rd person did he/she/it petition?
Plural
1st person did we petition?
2nd person did you petition?
3rd person did they petition?
Negative question didn't I petition?
Singular
1st person didn't I petition? did I not petition?
2nd person didn't you petition? did you not petition?
3rd person didn't he/she/it petition? did he/she/it not petition?
Plural
1st person didn't we petition? did we not petition?
2nd person didn't you petition? did you not petition?
3rd person didn't they petition? did they not petition?
Future I'll petition
Positive I'll petition
Singular
1st person I'll petition I will petition
2nd person you'll petition you will petition
3rd person he/she/it'll petition he/she/it will petition
Plural
1st person we'll petition we will petition
2nd person you'll petition you will petition
3rd person they'll petition they will petition
Negative I won't petition
Singular
1st person I won't petition I will not petition
2nd person you won't petition you will not petition
3rd person he/she/it won't petition he/she/it will not petition
Plural
1st person we won't petition we will not petition
2nd person you won't petition you will not petition
3rd person they won't petition they will not petition
Question will I petition?
Singular
1st person will I petition?
2nd person will you petition?
3rd person will he/she/it petition?
Plural
1st person will we petition?
2nd person will you petition?
3rd person will they petition?
Negative question won't I petition?
Singular
1st person won't I petition? will I not petition?
2nd person won't you petition? will you not petition?
3rd person won't he/she/it petition? will he/she/it not petition?
Plural
1st person won't we petition? will we not petition?
2nd person won't you petition? will you not petition?
3rd person won't they petition? will they not petition?
Conditional I'd petition
Positive I'd petition
Singular
1st person I'd petition I would petition
2nd person you'd petition you would petition
3rd person he/she/it'd petition he/she/it would petition
Plural
1st person we'd petition we would petition
2nd person you'd petition you would petition
3rd person they'd petition they would petition
Negative I wouldn't petition
Singular
1st person I wouldn't petition I would not petition
2nd person you wouldn't petition you would not petition
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't petition he/she/it would not petition
Plural
1st person we wouldn't petition we would not petition
2nd person you wouldn't petition you would not petition
3rd person they wouldn't petition they would not petition
Question would I petition?
Singular
1st person would I petition?
2nd person would you petition?
3rd person would he/she/it petition?
Plural
1st person would we petition?
2nd person would you petition?
3rd person would they petition?
Negative question wouldn't I petition?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I petition? would I not petition?
2nd person wouldn't you petition? would you not petition?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it petition? would he/she/it not petition?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we petition? would we not petition?
2nd person wouldn't you petition? would you not petition?
3rd person wouldn't they petition? would they not petition?
Present continuous I'm petitioning
Positive I'm petitioning
Singular
1st person I'm petitioning I am petitioning
2nd person you're petitioning you are petitioning
3rd person he/she/it's petitioning he/she/it is petitioning
Plural
1st person we're petitioning we are petitioning
2nd person you're petitioning you are petitioning
3rd person they're petitioning they are petitioning
Negative I'm not petitioning
Singular
1st person I'm not petitioning I am not petitioning
2nd person you aren't petitioning you're not petitioning you are not petitioning
3rd person he/she/it isn't petitioning he/she/it's not petitioning he/she/it is not petitioning
Plural
1st person we aren't petitioning we're not petitioning we are not petitioning
2nd person you aren't petitioning you're not petitioning you are not petitioning
3rd person they aren't petitioning they're not petitioning they are not petitioning
Question am I petitioning?
Singular
1st person am I petitioning?
2nd person are you petitioning?
3rd person is he/she/it petitioning?
Plural
1st person are we petitioning?
2nd person are you petitioning?
3rd person are they petitioning?
Negative question aren't I petitioning?
Singular
1st person aren't I petitioning? am I not petitioning?
2nd person aren't you petitioning? are you not petitioning?
3rd person isn't he/she/it petitioning? is he/she/it not petitioning?
Plural
1st person aren't we petitioning? are we not petitioning?
2nd person aren't you petitioning? are you not petitioning?
3rd person aren't they petitioning? are they not petitioning?
Past continuous I was petitioning
Positive I was petitioning
Singular
1st person I was petitioning
2nd person you were petitioning
3rd person he/she/it was petitioning
Plural
1st person we were petitioning
2nd person you were petitioning
3rd person they were petitioning
Negative I wasn't petitioning
Singular
1st person I wasn't petitioning I was not petitioning
2nd person you weren't petitioning you were not petitioning
3rd person he/she/it wasn't petitioning he/she/it was not petitioning
Plural
1st person we weren't petitioning we were not petitioning
2nd person you weren't petitioning you were not petitioning
3rd person they weren't petitioning they were not petitioning
Question was I petitioning?
Singular
1st person was I petitioning?
2nd person were you petitioning?
3rd person was he/she/it petitioning?
Plural
1st person were we petitioning?
2nd person were you petitioning?
3rd person were they petitioning?
Negative question wasn't I petitioning?
Singular
1st person wasn't I petitioning? was I not petitioning?
2nd person weren't you petitioning? were you not petitioning?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it petitioning? was he/she/it not petitioning?
Plural
1st person weren't we petitioning? were we not petitioning?
2nd person weren't you petitioning? were you not petitioning?
3rd person weren't they petitioning? were they not petitioning?
Future continuous I'll be petitioning
Positive I'll be petitioning
Singular
1st person I'll be petitioning I will be petitioning
2nd person you'll be petitioning you will be petitioning
3rd person he/she/it'll be petitioning he/she/it will be petitioning
Plural
1st person we'll be petitioning we will be petitioning
2nd person you'll be petitioning you will be petitioning
3rd person they'll be petitioning they will be petitioning
Negative I won't be petitioning
Singular
1st person I won't be petitioning I will not be petitioning
2nd person you won't be petitioning you will not be petitioning
3rd person he/she/it won't be petitioning he/she/it will not be petitioning
Plural
1st person we won't be petitioning we will not be petitioning
2nd person you won't be petitioning you will not be petitioning
3rd person they won't be petitioning they will not be petitioning
Question will I be petitioning?
Singular
1st person will I be petitioning?
2nd person will you be petitioning?
3rd person will he/she/it be petitioning?
Plural
1st person will we be petitioning?
2nd person will you be petitioning?
3rd person will they be petitioning?
Negative question won't I be petitioning?
Singular
1st person won't I be petitioning? will I not be petitioning?
2nd person won't you be petitioning? will you not be petitioning?
3rd person won't he/she/it be petitioning? will he/she/it not be petitioning?
Plural
1st person won't we be petitioning? will we not be petitioning?
2nd person won't you be petitioning? will you not be petitioning?
3rd person won't they be petitioning? will they not be petitioning?
Conditional continuous I'd be petitioning
Positive I'd be petitioning
Singular
1st person I'd be petitioning I would be petitioning
2nd person you'd be petitioning you would be petitioning
3rd person he/she/it'd be petitioning he/she/it would be petitioning
Plural
1st person we'd be petitioning we would be petitioning
2nd person you'd be petitioning you would be petitioning
3rd person they'd be petitioning they would be petitioning
Negative I wouldn't be petitioning
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be petitioning I would not be petitioning
2nd person you wouldn't be petitioning you would not be petitioning
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be petitioning he/she/it would not be petitioning
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be petitioning we would not be petitioning
2nd person you wouldn't be petitioning you would not be petitioning
3rd person they wouldn't be petitioning they would not be petitioning
Question would I be petitioning?
Singular
1st person would I be petitioning?
2nd person would you be petitioning?
3rd person would he/she/it be petitioning?
Plural
1st person would we be petitioning?
2nd person would you be petitioning?
3rd person would they be petitioning?
Negative question wouldn't I be petitioning?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be petitioning? would I not be petitioning?
2nd person wouldn't you be petitioning? would you not be petitioning?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be petitioning? would he/she/it not be petitioning?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be petitioning? would we not be petitioning?
2nd person wouldn't you be petitioning? would you not be petitioning?
3rd person wouldn't they be petitioning? would they not be petitioning?
Present perfect I've petitioned
Positive I've petitioned
Singular
1st person I've petitioned I have petitioned
2nd person you've petitioned you have petitioned
3rd person he/she/it's petitioned he/she/it has petitioned
Plural
1st person we've petitioned we have petitioned
2nd person you've petitioned you have petitioned
3rd person they've petitioned they have petitioned
Negative I haven't petitioned
Singular
1st person I haven't petitioned I have not petitioned
2nd person you haven't petitioned you have not petitioned
3rd person he/she/it hasn't petitioned he/she/it has not petitioned
Plural
1st person we haven't petitioned we have not petitioned
2nd person you haven't petitioned you have not petitioned
3rd person they haven't petitioned they have not petitioned
Question have I petitioned?
Singular
1st person have I petitioned?
2nd person have you petitioned?
3rd person has he/she/it petitioned?
Plural
1st person have we petitioned?
2nd person have you petitioned?
3rd person have they petitioned?
Negative question haven't I petitioned?
Singular
1st person haven't I petitioned? have I not petitioned?
2nd person haven't you petitioned? have you not petitioned?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it petitioned? has he/she/it not petitioned?
Plural
1st person haven't we petitioned? have we not petitioned?
2nd person haven't you petitioned? have you not petitioned?
3rd person haven't they petitioned? have they not petitioned?
Past perfect I had petitioned
Positive I had petitioned
Singular
1st person I had petitioned
2nd person you had petitioned
3rd person he/she/it had petitioned
Plural
1st person we had petitioned
2nd person you had petitioned
3rd person they had petitioned
Negative I hadn't petitioned
Singular
1st person I hadn't petitioned I had not petitioned
2nd person you hadn't petitioned you had not petitioned
3rd person he/she/it hadn't petitioned he/she/it had not petitioned
Plural
1st person we hadn't petitioned we had not petitioned
2nd person you hadn't petitioned you had not petitioned
3rd person they hadn't petitioned they had not petitioned
Question had I petitioned?
Singular
1st person had I petitioned?
2nd person had you petitioned?
3rd person had he/she/it petitioned?
Plural
1st person had we petitioned?
2nd person had you petitioned?
3rd person had they petitioned?
Negative question hadn't I petitioned?
Singular
1st person hadn't I petitioned? had I not petitioned?
2nd person hadn't you petitioned? had you not petitioned?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it petitioned? had he/she/it not petitioned?
Plural
1st person hadn't we petitioned? had we not petitioned?
2nd person hadn't you petitioned? had you not petitioned?
3rd person hadn't they petitioned? had they not petitioned?
Future perfect I'll have petitioned
Positive I'll have petitioned
Singular
1st person I'll have petitioned I will have petitioned
2nd person you'll have petitioned you will have petitioned
3rd person he/she/it'll have petitioned he/she/it will have petitioned
Plural
1st person we'll have petitioned we will have petitioned
2nd person you'll have petitioned you will have petitioned
3rd person they'll have petitioned they will have petitioned
Negative I won't have petitioned
Singular
1st person I won't have petitioned I will not have petitioned
2nd person you won't have petitioned you will not have petitioned
3rd person he/she/it won't have petitioned he/she/it will not have petitioned
Plural
1st person we won't have petitioned we will not have petitioned
2nd person you won't have petitioned you will not have petitioned
3rd person they won't have petitioned they will not have petitioned
Question +'ll I have petitioned?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have petitioned? will I have petitioned?
2nd person +'ll you have petitioned? will you have petitioned?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have petitioned? will he/she/it have petitioned?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have petitioned? will we have petitioned?
2nd person +'ll you have petitioned? will you have petitioned?
3rd person +'ll they have petitioned? will they have petitioned?
Negative question won't I have petitioned?
Singular
1st person won't I have petitioned? will I not have petitioned?
2nd person won't you have petitioned? will you not have petitioned?
3rd person won't he/she/it have petitioned? will he/she/it not have petitioned?
Plural
1st person won't we have petitioned? will we not have petitioned?
2nd person won't you have petitioned? will you not have petitioned?
3rd person won't they have petitioned? will they not have petitioned?
Conditional perfect I'd have petitioned
Positive I'd have petitioned
Singular
1st person I'd have petitioned I would have petitioned
2nd person you'd have petitioned you would have petitioned
3rd person he/she/it'd have petitioned he/she/it would have petitioned
Plural
1st person we'd have petitioned we would have petitioned
2nd person you'd have petitioned you would have petitioned
3rd person they'd have petitioned they would have petitioned
Negative I wouldn't have petitioned
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have petitioned I would not have petitioned
2nd person you wouldn't have petitioned you would not have petitioned
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have petitioned he/she/it would not have petitioned
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have petitioned we would not have petitioned
2nd person you wouldn't have petitioned you would not have petitioned
3rd person they wouldn't have petitioned they would not have petitioned
Question would I have petitioned?
Singular
1st person would I have petitioned?
2nd person would you have petitioned?
3rd person would he/she/it have petitioned?
Plural
1st person would we have petitioned?
2nd person would you have petitioned?
3rd person would they have petitioned?
Negative question wouldn't I have petitioned?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have petitioned? would I not have petitioned?
2nd person wouldn't you have petitioned? would you not have petitioned?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have petitioned? would he/she/it not have petitioned?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have petitioned? would we not have petitioned?
2nd person wouldn't you have petitioned? would you not have petitioned?
3rd person wouldn't they have petitioned? would they not have petitioned?
Imperative petition!
Positive
you petition!
we let's petition!
Negative
you don't petition!
we let's not petition!
Examples petition examples
How do I use petition in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Tom signed a petition to ban fur farms.
First, we will present a petition to the mayor and collect signatures.
More than 10,000 people signed the petition.
Click below to sign the petition!
He signed the petition.
Tom signed the petition.
I addressed a petition to the mayor.
She refused to sign the petition.
I signed this petition.
Everyone at the meeting signed the petition.
I'll sign the petition.
Tom refused to sign the petition.
Movie subtitles
Accordingly, you will avoid having to carry out the death sentence passed upon the infanticide. Victorine Lippert, whose petition for clemency has been turned down.
I hereby inform you that your petition for clemency. for the condemned infanticide Victorine Lippert. has been turned down.
Meanwhile, I have filed a petition for an injunction. to prohibit you from either selling or removing the jewels.
How about it? Such a petition is a matter of court procedure, which will have to be handled through your counsel, Mr. Glennister.
He hath, my lord, wrung from me my slow leave by laboursome petition.
The petition.
That's right. We received a formal petition.
Likewise. We should examine the petition.
Their petition be damned!
It seems to me we have no choice but to grant their petition.
If Mother withdraws her petition, the court will release the money.
It would only delay things to file a formal petition so why don't we informally agree to ask for an adjournment?
But, suppose you just go ahead and file that formal petition anyway?
Do you wish to file the petition?
No petition?
You are coming along with your petition.
Send a petition to the courts in London.
This bold new way of appealing by printed petition is creating a sort of public opinion that is forcing decisions even on kings.
I'll get up a petition signed by every citizen of the state.
I've studied your petition, Mrs. Smith. and the affidavits attached.
Such a petition is a matter of court procedure.
Through sacrificing petition pennants they invoke divine protection against upcoming dangers on their journey.
Your petition for pardon was not accepted.
We neighbors really should gather a petition, Stephen.
You should write up a petition for us.
My father will you hear my petition?
They're readying a petition with influential politicians.
Petition from many influential leaders have been approved.
Such a petition is a matter of court procedure, which will have to be handled through your counsel, Mr. Glennister.
That's a petition for divorce.
Your cousin and this gentleman have presented a petition. That you be confined in a lunatic asylum for the remainder of your natural life.
A delegation from the state of Morelos with a petition.
The scientists signed petition after petition.
So Uncle tore up our petition, then placed it in his sleeve.
Pieces of the torn petition.
My first petition hasn't been offered yet.
What kind of petition?
Tomorrow I'll send a petition around, everybody will sign it You'll leave the building.
News and current affairs
Not long after the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, these liberal reformers joined with 160 other professionals to write and sign a petition to Crown Prince Abdullah asking for reforms.
The petition called for the monarchy to work within constitutionally prescribed limits, and for an independent judiciary.
His petition was first denied by the Guatemalan electoral authority and then by the Supreme Court.
One activist gathered 100,000 signatures on a petition to oppose using the mosquitoes in eradication efforts.
Despite this ongoing persecution, Liu continued to write and petition the government on behalf of the people of China.
It posted an anti-war petition with over 1,000 signatories, mostly academics.
So it was even more surprising to see pro-war sentiments expressed publicly, such as the petition that appeared in the Guangzhou-based weekly newspaper 21st Century World Herald.
Second, a majority of parliamentarians must sign a petition declaring null and void the extension of Lahoud's term.
Those who organized this coup hoped that it would lead to greater things for themselves; those who signed a petition of protest were fired not long after.
The islanders say that the refinery then followed up its petition by destroying their homes and small farms - and threatening further violence to those who did not leave.
Yet an estimated 17 million Egyptians marched to protest Morsi's government, the majority of them citizens who had been mobilized through a petition process to demand a government responsive to their needs.
Hundreds of European scholars are circulating a petition calling for a boycott of Israeli institutions; other academics want the EU to deny grants to Israeli universities and scientific institutions.
After 22 million Chinese signed a petition against Japanese membership of the United Nations Security Council, Premier Wen Jiabao announced China's opposition to such a step.
More than 30,000 Cubans signed the Varela petition requesting a referendum on basic rights.
When carrying his petition to Beijing, escorted by a tiny group of lawyers, Chen was accused of disrupting traffic on the city's clogged roads and condemned to four years in jail.
They protest, they petition, and they participate in local riots when all other means are exhausted.
Elsewhere, a seemingly commendable grassroots petition movement to re-establish Constitutional values at the state level turns out to be - if you read the fine print - a drive to enshrine Christian values in state law.
In a rare challenge to the government, Beijing-based writer Yu Jie, one of the petition's authors, wrote that China ought to support the war on Iraq.
A bankruptcy judge would approve the petition, provided the court was satisfied that the homeowner could make the reduced payments.
This year began with a vigorous (by Russian standards) Internet petition urging Putin to take the first option.
Liu was co-author in 2008 of a petition, Charter 08, signed by thousands of Chinese, calling for basic rights to be respected.
One million signatures were rapidly gathered on an Internet petition demanding that the Japanese government thoroughly resolve the chemical weapons issue, while Internet chat rooms filled with anti-Japanese invective.