beg Synonyms
beg Meaning
beg (v)
call upon in supplication; entreat
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
ask to obtain free
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
beg (n.)
A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
beg (v. t.)
To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
To take for granted; to assume without proof.
To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
beg (v. i.)
To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
beg Sentence Examples
- The desperate man begged for mercy from his captors.
- The child begged her parents for permission to stay up late.
- The beggar humbled himself and begged for alms.
- The addict begged for a fix, his desperation evident.
- The lawyer begged the judge for leniency on behalf of his client.
- The salesman begged customers to purchase his products.
- The politician begged for votes during his campaign speech.
- The lost traveler begged for shelter during a storm.
- The sick animal begged for help with its pitiful cries.
- The puppy begged for food from its owner with irresistible eyes.
FAQs About the word beg
call upon in supplication; entreat, make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently, ask to obtain free, dodge, avoid answering,
petition, ask, pray, implore, beseech, require, request, call on, supplicate, invoke
suggest, imply, please, imply, hint, suggest, hint, please, satisfy, pacify
The desperate man begged for mercy from his captors.
The child begged her parents for permission to stay up late.
The beggar humbled himself and begged for alms.
The addict begged for a fix, his desperation evident.
