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Meaning ask meaning

What does ask mean?
Definitions in simple English

ask Verb

— To ask is to look for an answer to a question by saying it. She sure does ask a lot of questions! — To approach someone to see if they will do something. Let me ask my mom if I can go.

ask

— verb (= inquire, enquire) inquire about I asked about their special today He had to ask directions several times — verb make a request or demand for something to somebody She asked him for a loan — verb direct or put; seek an answer to ask a question — verb (= require, expect) 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 — verb address a question to and expect an answer from Ask your teacher about trigonometry The children asked me about their dead grandmother — verb require or ask for as a price or condition He is asking $200 for the table The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage — verb (= postulate, require, take, call for, demand) 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 postulate a patient's consent

Synonyms ask synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as ask?

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request inquire question beg interrogate demand invite enquire ask for pray solicit query beseech plead bid implore call tell require seek entreat order investigate inquire about call for beg for summon desire consult command appeal want petition persuade need expect ask a question apply urge take supplicate search say quiz quest put postulate please necessitate claim

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Topics ask topics

What do people use ask to talk about?
Language and thought Want

Ask permission
Language and thought Communication Say

Ask
Person Life Marriage

Romantic love
Language and thought Want

Request
Language and thought Want Influence

Advise
Physical actions Move Travel

Way, route
Person Life Marriage

Arrange a marriage
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Invite
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent
Social behavior Conflict Peace Repent

Request forgiveness
Work and occupation Finance Share wealth

Beg

Conjugation ask conjugation

How do you conjugate ask?

ask · verb

Examples ask examples

How do I use ask in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.
If there is anything you want, don't hesitate to ask me.
Don't hesitate to ask for advice.
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you don't understand.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questions.
Ask your dad to help you.
Please permit me to ask you some questions.
May I ask you some questions about your name?
Don't ask me for money.
I do not have the courage to ask my boss to lend me his car.
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you don't understand my explanation.
Don't hesitate to ask questions.
Ask your question.
Why do you ask?
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
I won't ask you anything else today.
I need to ask you a silly question.
Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
May I ask a question?
Don't ask what they think. Ask what they do.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Ask Trang if he's going out this evening.

Movie subtitles

I call because I wanted to ask you something.
You won't answer anyone's questions at all, but you'll ask me questions, huh?
You ask a lot questions, don't you?
We should ask the Rosenberg Institute about that.
In the next episode of civilization, I'll ask why it was that the scientific revolution happened only in the West, and failed to take off even in those parts of the Eastern world that had once been pioneers of mathematics and astronomy.
Heavenly Father, as we prepare to turn in for the night, we ask that you give us the.
Where, you ask?
It says that we should visit there and ask the forgiveness to the deceased.
Ask the forgiveness?
I came because I have something to ask you.
I didn't ask about where the burial site is.
If you feel wronged, die, catch your husband, and ask him.
We.. We have a favor to ask the magistrate about.
Then there IS a place I could ask from!
What? You won't answer anyone's questions at all, but you'll ask me questions, huh?
One can ask whether they realised the size of such an undertaking.
Hey interpreter, ask this guy where they spent the night.
Just ask if you need anything.
You'd promised to ask your friends to help me.
Ask our Saint-Simonian brothers. Ask Talabot.
Since your paper deals with politics, I've a favor to ask.
I came to ask you for Jeanne's hand, officially.
And in return, I would ask that you stop your campaign of false propaganda.
Ask your question.
Well, if you ask me, I'd say it must have been some fellow who wanted to sow the seeds of discord between us and the Guardians.
I'm saying, and, uh, when he called me to ask for my help, I just couldn't refuse.
Tell him he's my best worker, and ask him what the fucking problem is.
Ask him if I told him we were friends.
They also control the soccer pitch, which means if you want to play there, you have to ask permission from Frankie and his crew.
Nick, what I'm about to do, I ask for your forgiveness.
So then we had to ask ourselves, where was the fucking hideout, and where were they launching the balloons from?
I respectfully ask you one Let us share the soccer pitch. You're never gonna play on our soccer field.
Ask my dad.
Can I just ask, what's with all the rough stuff?
Please don't ask if you can keep the money.
Go back to the shop where you bought it from, right, and ask someone there to help you, they'll help you.
Do that and I won't have to ask you to kill the others.
Can I ask you something, though?
I have something to ask you.

News and current affairs

Iran may ask what right others have to demand that it forego nuclear weapons.
Abbas is now setting his sights on Europe, and would ask Turkey to serve as a go-between.
Although economic theory today is much improved, if we ask people about the cause of the current crisis, we will mostly get the same answers.
At that meeting, European leaders should ask themselves the following questions: Has the EU given Turkey a fair deal in the case of Cyprus?
One could reasonably ask why anyone thinks such a vague agreement is any kind of advance at all.
How, you might ask, can I say this?
Africans suffering from hunger and drought, and indeed poor people everywhere, have a right to ask much more of the US and other rich countries.
It is unrealistic to ask poor countries, where more than 1.6 billion people do not have access to clean energy and technologies, to bear the costs associated with the much needed technological change.
I ask myself why they have the opportunity to travel, to study, to take vacations, when I cannot go abroad even to learn medicine.
One may ask whether transparency and the requirement that local landholders consent to a sale is enough to protect people living in poverty.
Of course, one might ask why the people involved should matter at all; surely the facts of the case should speak for themselves.
In order to maintain absolutist power and to minimize public anger, the Saudi princes, led by Prince Naif, asked the reformers to sign an agreement that they would never again ask for reform.
America is currently transfixed with the problem it has created for itself in Iraq, but the presidential candidates are also beginning to ask what principles should guide United States foreign policy after Iraq.
Developing countries ask why they should pay attention to global warming if rich countries are not prepared to curtail their own emissions sharply?
Just ask any of the large international banking groups headquartered in financially stressed eurozone countries.
Why, people ask, are schools and roads in Afghanistan and Iraq more important than those in Colorado or California? At one point in 2008, the US military picked up the cost of transporting a tiger for the Baghdad zoo.
Why, people ask, are schools and roads in Afghanistan and Iraq more important than those in Colorado or California?
And they ask their listeners to believe that they alone will restore American dignity and articulate the wishes of the unheard.
The example of recent weeks gives us no cause for optimism that US legislators will rise above partisan politics and ask themselves what is best for America.
Normally, countries ask for shared sacrifice, as they ask their young men and women to risk their lives.
It can ask the central bank for help and sell some of its assets for cash.
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