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ask

/æsk/

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What does ask mean?

verb

  1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
  2. To request or enquire of (a person).
  3. To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
More meanings (17)

verb

  1. To request (someone to do something).
  2. To request permission (to do something).
  3. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
  4. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
  5. To invite.
  6. (figuratively) To indirectly encourage or make more likely (an undesirable outcome).
  7. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
  8. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

noun

  1. (informal) An act or instance of asking.
  2. (informal) Something asked or asked for.
  3. (informal) An asking price.
  4. (informal) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
  5. (informal) An eft; newt.
  6. (informal) A lizard.
  7. Initialism of amplitude shift keying.

proper noun

  1. The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
  2. A surname from Swedish.
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IPA pronunciation

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

“Ask him, my dear, if he has any objection to being put in jail for insulting the ruler of the Emerald City.”
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Marvelous Land of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #54
“I could not rest without calling to ask, once more, whether I can in any manner promote his comfort, or your own.”
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
More book examples (3)
“To ask for means to leave a country,” added Michel, “When we have not yet arrived there, seems to me rather inopportune.”
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
She caused us to be seated, and then she began, with all manner of pretty graces and graciousnesses, to ask me questions.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
If he had been there, Freckles would have asked that they delay the felling, but he scarcely liked to ask the gang.
Gene Stratton-PorterFrecklesProject Gutenberg ebook #111