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ask

verb

1 ask

Make a request or demand for something to somebody.

Roget 794: barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse; interchange etc. 148; commutate etc. (substitute) 147; compound for.    ... show more

2 ask

Direct or put; seek an answer to.

3 ask

Consider obligatory; request and expect:
— Aren't we asking too much of these children?.

synonyms: expect, require.

Dutch: verwachten

4 ask

Address a question to and expect an answer from:
— Ask your teacher about trigonometry.
— The children asked me about their dead grandmother.
— He had to ask directions several times.

synonyms: enquire, inquire.

Roget 461: make inquiry etc. n.; inquire, ask, seek, search.    look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, ... show more

Dutch: navragen, vragen

5 ask

Require as useful, just, or proper:
— This job asks a lot of patience and skill.

synonyms: call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take.

Roget 765: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; ... show more

Roget 812: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom [U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; ... show more

6 ask

Make a date:
— Has he asked you out yet?.

synonyms: ask out, invite out, take out.

7 ask

Require or ask for as a price or condition.

Dutch: prijzen, vragen


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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