Canadian English Meaning of ask

ask

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Definitions and Meaning of ask in English

Wordnet

ask (v)

make a request or demand for something to somebody

direct or put; seek an answer to

consider obligatory; request and expect

address a question to and expect an answer from

require as useful, just, or proper

make a date

require or ask for as a price or condition

Webster

ask (v. t.)

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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?

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.

Webster

ask (v. i.)

To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.

Webster

ask (n.)

A water newt.

FAQs About the word ask

ask

make a request or demand for something to somebody, direct or put; seek an answer to, consider obligatory; request and expect, address a question to and expect

interrogate,question,quiz,catechise,examine,Grill,inquire (of),query,besiege,Cross-examination

answer,reply,respond,avoid,comment,observe,remark,rejoin = rejoin,retort

asitia => asystole, asiphonida => Asiphonida, asiphonea => siphonophore, asiphonate => Siphonless, asiphonata => Asiphonata,