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.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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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,
rummage,
ransack,
pry,
peer,
look round;
look over,
go over,
look through,
go through;
spy,
overhaul.
[object is a topic]
ask about,
inquire about.
scratch the head,
slap the forehead.
look into every hole and corner,
peer into every hole and corner,
pry into every hole and corner;
nose;
trace up;
search out,
hunt down,
hunt out,
fish out,
ferret out;
unearth;
leave no stone unturned.
seek a clue,
seek a clew;
hunt,
track,
trail,
mouse,
dodge,
trace;
follow the trail,
follow the scent;
pursue
etc.
662;
beat up one's quarters;
fish for;
feel for
etc.
(experiment)
463.
investigate;
take up an inquiry,
institute an inquiry,
pursue an inquiry,
follow up an inquiry,
conduct an inquiry,
carry on an inquiry,
carry out an inquiry,
prosecute an inquiry
etc.
n.;
look at,
look into;
preexamine;
discuss,
canvass,
agitate.
[inquire into a topic]
examine,
study,
consider,
calculate;
dip into,
dive into,
delve into,
go deep into;
make sure of,
probe,
sound,
fathom;
probe to the bottom,
probe to the quick;
scrutinize,
analyze,
anatomize,
dissect,
parse,
resolve,
sift,
winnow;
view in all its phases,
try in all its phases;
thresh out.
bring in question,
bring into question,
subject to examination;
put to the proof
etc.
(experiment)
463;
audit,
tax,
pass in review;
take into consideration
etc.
(think over)
451;
take counsel
etc.
695.
question,
demand;
put the question,
pop the question,
propose the question,
propound the question,
moot the question,
start the question,
raise the question,
stir the question,
suggest the question,
put forth the question,
ventilate the question,
grapple with the question,
go into a question.
[human object],
question,
put to the question,
interrogate,
pump;
subject to interrogation,
subject to examination;
cross-question,
cross-examine;
press for an answer;
give the third degree;
put to the inquisition;
dodge†.
catechize.
require an answer;
pick the brains of,
suck the brains of;
feel the pulse.
get the lay of the land;
see how the wind is blowing;
put one's ear to the ground.
be in question
etc.
adj.;
undergo examination.
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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;
apply to,
call to,
put to;
call upon,
call for;
make a request,
address a request,
prefer a request,
put up a request,
make a prayer,
address a prayer,
prefer a prayer,
put up a prayer,
make a petition,
address a petition,
prefer a petition,
put up a petition;
make application,
make a requisition;
ask trouble,
ask one for;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
offer up prayers
etc.
(worship)
990;
whistle for.
beg hard,
entreat,
beseech,
plead,
supplicate,
implore;
conjure,
adjure;
obtest†;
cry to,
kneel to,
appeal to;
invoke,
evoke;
impetrate†,
imprecate,
ply,
press,
urge,
beset,
importune,
dun,
tax,
clamor for;
cry aloud,
cry for help;
fall on one's knees;
throw oneself at the feet of;
come down on one's marrowbones.
beg from door to door,
send the hat round,
go a begging;
mendicate†,
mump†,
cadge,
beg one's bread.
dance attendance on,
besiege,
knock at the door.
bespeak,
canvass,
tout,
make interest,
court;
seek,
bid for
etc.
(offer)
763;
publish the banns.
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Roget 812:
bear a price,
set a price,
fix a price;
appraise,
assess,
doom [U.S.],
price,
charge,
demand,
ask,
require,
exact,
run up;
distrain;
run up a bill
etc.
(debt)
806;
have one's price;
liquidate.
amount to,
come to,
mount up to;
stand one in.
fetch,
sell for,
cost,
bring in,
yield,
afford.
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6 ask
7 ask
Require or ask for as a price or condition.
Dutch: prijzen, vragen
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