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1. The verbal act of requesting
   - request

1. Inquire about
   "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
   - inquire, enquire [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Make a request or demand for something to somebody
   "She asked him for a loan"
    
3. Direct or put; seek an answer to
   "ask a question"
    
4. Consider obligatory; request and expect
   "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"
   - require, expect
    
5. Address a question to and expect an answer from
   "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
    
6. Require as useful, just, or proper
   "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
   - necessitate, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
    
7. 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"

Derived forms: askings

See also: ask in, ask out, ask over, asker

Type of: address, articulate, bespeak, call for, communicate, demand, formulate, give voice, intercommunicate, phrase, quest, request, speech act, turn to, word

Encyclopedia: Ask Ask, Hordaland Ask, Akershus