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What's The Definition Of Ask?
[v] make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"
[v] consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [v] inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" [v] direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question" [v] address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" [v] require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage" [v] require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ask: call for | demand | enquire | expect | inquire | involve | necessitate | need | postulate | require | require | take Related Terms | Find terms related to Ask: apply for | argue | ask a question | ask about | ask for | ask questions | assess | be hurting for | be indicated | beg | beg leave | beseech | bespeak | bid | bid come | blackmail | bring into question | call | call for | call in | canvass | catechize | challenge | charge | charge for | claim | clamor for | crave | cry for | cry out for | debate | deliberate | demand | desire | discuss | entreat | exact | examine | extort | file for | have occasion for | implore | importune | impose | indent | inquire | inquire of | interpellate | interrogate | invite | issue an invitation | issue an ultimatum | levy | make a demand | make a request | make a requisition | make application | make dutiable | make inquiry | necessitate | need | order | order up | place an order | prerequire | pro rata | propose a question | propound a question | prorate | put in for | put in requisition | put queries | query | question | quiz | request | require | require an answer | requisition | review | screw | seek | solicit | stick for | summon | take | take doing | talk over | tax | tithe | want | want doing | want to know | warn | whistle for | wish See Also | address | articulate | ask in | ask out | ask over | ask round | bespeak | call | call for | communicate | confer with | consult | cost | cry for | cry out for | demand | draw | formulate | govern | imply | intercommunicate | interrogate | invite | invite out | phrase | pry | query | quest | question | request | solicit | take out | turn to | word Ask In Webster's Dictionary \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Asking}.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian,
[=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw.
[=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.
j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.
[root]5.]
1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to
solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before
the person addressed.
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. --Judg. xviii.
5.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. --John xv. 7.
2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of
remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as,
what price do you ask?
Ask me never so much dowry. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.
To whom men have committed much, of him they will
ask the more. --Luke xii.
48.
An exigence of state asks a much longer time to
conduct a design to maturity. --Addison.
3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a
question to or about; to question.
He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
--John ix. 21.
He asked the way to Chester. --Shak.
4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the
banns and the persons. --Fuller.
Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;
beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;
exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See {Beg}.
\Ask\, v. i. 1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. Ask, and it shall be given you. --Matt. vii. 7. 2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after. Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen. xxxii. 29. \Ask\, n. [See 2d {Asker}.] (Zo["o]l.) A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.] |
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