Askingnoun
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
‘His asking was greeted with silence.’;
Askverb
To request (information, or an answer to a question).
‘I asked her age.’;
Askingnoun
A request, or petition.
Askverb
To put forward (a question) to be answered.
‘to ask a question’;
Askingnoun
(in the plural) The marriage banns.
Askverb
To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
‘I'm going to ask this lady for directions.’;
Askingadjective
That asks; that expresses a question or request.
Askverb
To request or petition; usually with for.
‘to ask for a second helping at dinner’; ‘to ask for help with homework’;
Askingnoun
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Askverb
To request permission to do something.
‘She asked to see the doctor.’; ‘Did you ask to use the car?’;
Askingnoun
The publishing of banns.
Askverb
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
‘What price are you asking for the house?’;
Askingnoun
the verbal act of requesting
Askverb
To invite.
‘Don't ask them to the wedding.’;
Askingadjective
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
Askverb
To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
Askverb
(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
Asknoun
An act or instance of asking.
Asknoun
Something asked or asked for; a request.
Asknoun
An asking price.
Asknoun
An eft; newt.
Asknoun
A lizard.
Askverb
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
‘Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.’; ‘If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.’;
Askverb
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
‘Ask me never so much dowry.’; ‘To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.’; ‘An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity.’;
Askverb
To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
‘He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.’; ‘He asked the way to Chester.’;
Askverb
To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
Askverb
To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.
Askverb
To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
‘Ask, and it shall be given you.’;
Askverb
To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.
‘Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name?’;
Asknoun
A water newt.
Askverb
inquire about;
‘I asked about their special today’; ‘He had to ask directions several times’;
Askverb
make a request or demand for something to somebody;
‘She asked him for a loan’;
Askverb
direct or put; seek an answer to;
‘ask a question’;
Askverb
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’;
Askverb
require or ask for as a price or condition;
‘He is asking $200 for the table’; ‘The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage’;
Askverb
address a question to and expect an answer from;
‘Ask your teacher about trigonometry’; ‘The children asked me about their dead grandmother’;
Askverb
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 postulates a patient's consent’;