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ask

(/&/sk )

inquire about(verb.communication)

Example:
I asked about their special today.
He had to ask directions several times.

Synonym:
enquire, inquire

source: wordnet30
make a request or demand for something to somebody(verb.communication)

Example:
She asked him for a loan.

source: wordnet30
direct or put; seek an answer to(verb.communication)

Example:
Ask a question.

source: wordnet30
consider obligatory; request and expect(verb.communication)

Example:
Aren't we asking too much of these children?.

Synonym:
expect, require

source: wordnet30
address a question to and expect an answer from(verb.communication)

Example:
Ask your teacher about trigonometry.
The children asked me about their dead grandmother.

source: wordnet30
require as useful, just, or proper(verb.stative)

Example:
This job asks a lot of patience and skill.

Synonym:
call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
Antonym:
eliminate, obviate, rid of

source: wordnet30
require or ask for as a price or condition(verb.communication)

Example:
He is asking $200 for the table.
The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage.

source: wordnet30
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.(verb)

source: webster1913
To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.(verb)

source: webster1913

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