Asking vs. Ask

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’;