ask in English dictionary

  • ask

    Meanings and definitions of "ask"

    • look for an answer to a question by speaking.
    • approach someone to do something.
    • An act or instance of asking.
    • Something asked or asked for; a request.
    • (UK dialectal and Scottish) An eft; newt.
    • noun
      An act or instance of asking.
    • noun
      Something asked or asked for; a request.
    • noun
      An asking price.
    • noun
      (Britain dialectal and Scotland)
      An eft; newt.
    • noun
      (Britain dialectal)
      A lizard.
    • verb
      To request (information, or an answer to a question).
    • verb
      To put forward (a question) to be answered.
    • verb
      To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
    • verb
      To request or petition; usually with for.
    • verb
      To request permission to do something.
    • verb
      To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
    • verb
      To invite.
    • verb
      To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
    • verb
      (figuratively)
      To take (a person's situation) as an example.
    • To ask (a question) to somebody; to seek an answer to.
    • To examine by asking (a witness, for example).
    • To set a certain price on that which one is selling.
    • To desire a service or physical goods, often without returning the favor in kind.
    • (to) request
    • (to) ask
    • call (for)
    • To approach someone to do something.
    • request an answer
    • make a request
    • To ask for information, a reply or response on a given subject.
    • To consider obligatory; request and expect.
    • verb
      address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; "I inquired about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
    • verb
      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
      direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
    • verb
      make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance"
    • verb
      make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"
    • verb
      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"
    • 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"

    Synonyms of "ask" in English dictionary

    inquire, postulate, quest are the top synonyms of "ask" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "ask" in English dictionary

    obviate is the antonym of "ask" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ask

    • ask, asked, asked, asks, asking
    • ask ( third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)
    • ask ( plural  asks)
    • ask (plural asks)
    • ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)
  • Ask

    Meanings and definitions of "ask"

    • (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
    • proper
      (Norse mythology)
      The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
    • The first man, according to Norse mythology.
  • ASK

    Meanings and definitions of "ask"

    • noun
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