petition meaning
ENWPetition
- A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called supplication.
- In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official and signed by numerous individuals. A petition may be oral rather than written, and in this era may be transmitted via the Internet.
FR pétition 
- NounPLpetitionsSUF-tion
- A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
- A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
- (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
- A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
- A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
- VerbSGpetitionsPRpetitioningPT, PPpetitioned
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This petition for Jesus to "help my unbelief" is itself a request for singlemindedness -- or, more precisely, for the healing of doublemindedness, of doubt.
- In that moment, I saw right through her; this petition drive had nothing to do with her love for animals, and everything to do with impressing Michael, the cute intern.
- Specifically, the seminary was challenged by industrial millers who petitioned to build steam-powered mills and by large Montreal property holders who demanded that the crown commutate their lands.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of petition in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en petitions
- en petitioned
- en petitionee
- en petitioner
- en petitioners
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "petition" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.