Solicit
Meaning of Solicit
To ask for something formally or persistently.
ما معنى كلمة Solicit بالعربي؟
طلب بإلحاح
📞🤝 طلب بإلحاح أو السعي للحصول على شيء؛ التماس مُستمر لتحقيق هدف مُحدد؛ البحث الجاد عن الدعم أو المساعدة؛ السعي النشط لكسب التأييد أو الموافقة؛ التواصل المُثابر للوصول للمطلوب 📞🤝
قصة GL: السعي للدعم وبناء الشراكات العلمية - تكوين تحالفات للنجاح سعى نايف العيسى بإصرار لكسب دعم المُؤسسات العلمية لمشروع التعلم الجيني، مُتواصلاً مع الخبراء والباحثين حول العالم لبناء شبكة علمية قوية تدعم رؤيته في تطوير منصات Genetic G Learning وتحقيق ثورة تعليمية حقيقية 🌍
Synonyms & related words
Solicit in a sentence
Researchers solicit feedback from participants.
Firms solicit customer reviews.
To solicit a bribe is a crime.
Teachers solicit questions.
Origin of Solicit
From Latin sollicitare 'to agitate', from sollicitus.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, solicit can be lawful or unlawful. GL solicits feedback openly.
Solicit audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "solicit" — a verb, pronounced /səˈlɪs.ɪt/, with the stress on the second syllable.
Narrator: To solicit means to ask for, seek, or request something — especially support, information, money, or business.
Narrator: In plain English, to solicit is to actively ask people for something — like soliciting donations or soliciting feedback.
Narrator: It suggests a deliberate, often formal request, reaching out to others to obtain what you need.
Narrator: The word comes from Latin "sollicitare", meaning to disturb or stir up, from "sollicitus", anxious or thorough.
Narrator: From that sense of stirring someone to act, it came to mean earnestly requesting or seeking something from them.
Narrator: In business and law it is common and neutral — companies solicit bids, and researchers solicit responses.
Narrator: In register it is fairly formal, frequent in commerce, surveys, fundraising, and official communication.
Narrator: So remember: to solicit is to ask for or seek something deliberately — reaching out to gather what you need.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: We're soliciting feedback from every beta user before the launch — the more responses, the better.
Speaker B: Smart move. "Solicit" is the right word there — actively asking, not just waiting for it to arrive.
Speaker A: Exactly. And the charity's been soliciting donations for the new wing all month.
Speaker B: Right. It's a deliberate, organised ask — that's what separates soliciting from simply hoping.
Speaker A: I like that distinction. A common mistake is thinking it always sounds negative.
Speaker B: Good point. In business it's perfectly neutral — "we solicit bids from suppliers" is everyday language.
Speaker A: And the "No soliciting" sign on doors is the more informal, sales sense.
Speaker B: Exactly. Context decides the tone entirely. Close synonyms? "Request", "seek", and "canvass".
Speaker A: Though "canvass" suggests going round many people, while "solicit" can be a single ask.
Speaker B: Right, and "request" is gentler — "solicit" feels more active and purposeful.
Speaker A: A useful, businesslike word for actively asking and gathering.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "solicit" in AI prompts to mean actively gathering input — asking users or systems for what you need.
Speaker A: So solicit in a prompt means building something that requests and collects responses?
Speaker B: Exactly. For a feedback feature, you'd write:
Prompt: Build a feature that solicits feedback after each support chat — a short rating, one open comment box, and a thank-you message. Store every response and solicit feedback solely once per conversation.
Speaker B: The word "solicit" makes the intent active — the system reaches out and asks, rather than waiting passively.
Speaker A: Clear and practical. What about a survey tool?
Speaker B: Try this:
Prompt: Create a survey module that solicits user opinions on a new feature — multiple-choice and free-text questions, a progress bar, and a results dashboard. Solicit responses by email and in-app, then chart the answers.
Speaker A: So it gathers and visualises the input.
Speaker B: Right. For a vendor bidding system:
Prompt: Design an HR procurement tool that solicits quotes from approved vendors — send each a request, collect their bids in one table, and rank them by price and delivery time. Solicit at least three quotes per item.
Speaker A: What about gathering reviews?
Speaker B: Here you go:
Prompt: Add a flow that solicits product reviews seven days after delivery — a friendly email with a star widget and a comment field. Solicit one review per order and never send a reminder more than twice.
Speaker A: Could solicit work for collecting form data too?
Speaker B: Absolutely:
Prompt: Build an onboarding form that solicits the essentials only — name, role, and team. Solicit nothing optional up front, and ask for extra details later once the user is comfortable using the app.
Speaker A: So "solicit" means actively ask for and gather what you need.
Speaker B: Exactly — a businesslike word that tells the AI to build something that requests and collects input.
Frequently asked questions about Solicit
What does Solicit mean?
To ask for something formally or persistently.
ما معنى كلمة Solicit بالعربي؟
طلب بإلحاح — 📞🤝 طلب بإلحاح أو السعي للحصول على شيء؛ التماس مُستمر لتحقيق هدف مُحدد؛ البحث الجاد عن الدعم أو المساعدة؛ السعي النشط لكسب التأييد أو الموافقة؛ التواصل المُثابر للوصول للمطلوب 📞🤝
How do you pronounce Solicit?
Solicit is pronounced /səˈlɪsɪt/ and is used as a verb.
How is Solicit used in a sentence?
Researchers solicit feedback from participants.
What are synonyms of Solicit?
request, seek, appeal for, canvass, petition, beg.