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Ask| Verb | 1. | ask - inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"ask - direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question" pry - be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" confer with, consult - get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" ask - address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" | | | 2. | ask - make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" request - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" solicit - make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit" ask in, invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" | | | 3. | ask - direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"ask, enquire, inquire - inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" | | | 4. | ask - 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"demand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" call - require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" | | | 5. | ask - 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"demand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" | | | 6. | ask - address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"ask, enquire, inquire - inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" interrogate, question - pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion" address, turn to - speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" | | | 7. | ask - 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"exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" involve, imply - have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes" | |
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