Ask (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
  2. to request information about: to ask the way.
  3. to try to get by using words; request: to ask advice; to ask a favor.
  4. to solicit from; request of: Could I ask you a favor? Ask her for advice.
  5. to demand; expect: What price are they asking? A little silence is all I ask.
  6. to set a price of: to ask $20 for the hat.
  7. to call for; need; require: This experiment asks patience.
  8. to invite: to ask guests to dinner.
  9. to publish (banns).
verb (used without object)
  1. to make inquiry; inquire: to ask about a person.
  2. to request or petition (usually followed by for): to ask for leniency; to ask for food.
noun
  1. a question or inquiry.
  2. a request, especially a demanding one: Is it too big an ask for you to give me a loan?
Idioms
  1. to risk or invite trouble, danger, punishment, etc., by persisting in some action or manner: He was asking for it by his abusive remarks.
noun Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
verb
  1. to put a question (to); request an answer (from)
  2. to inquire about
  3. to direct or put (a question)
  4. to make a request or demand
  5. to demand or expect (esp in the phrases ask a lot of, ask too much of)
  6. to request (a person) politely to come or go to a place; invite
  7. to need; require
  8. to proclaim (marriage banns)
noun
  1. a task which is difficult to fulfil
noun
  1. the first man, created by the gods from an ash tree
Ask (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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