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verb (used with object)
1.
to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
2.
to request information about: to ask the way.
3.
to try to get by using words; request: to ask advice; to ask a favor.
4.
to solicit from; request of: Could I ask you a favor? Ask her for advice.
5.
EXPANDto demand; expect: What price are they asking? A little silence is all I ask.
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to set a price of: to ask $20 for the hat.
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to call for; need; require: This experiment asks patience.
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to invite: to ask guests to dinner.
9.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to publish (banns).
verb (used without object)
10.
to make inquiry; inquire: to ask about a person.
11.
to request or petition (usually followed by for): to ask for leniency; to ask for food.
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Ask for
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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ask for it, to risk or invite trouble, danger, punishment, etc., by persisting in some action or manner: He was asking for it by his abusive remarks.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English asken, axen, Old English āscian, āxian; cognate with Old Frisian āskia, Old Saxon ēscon, Old High German eiscōn (German heischen), Sanskrit icchati (he) seeks
before 900; Middle English asken, axen, Old English āscian, āxian; cognate with Old Frisian āskia, Old Saxon ēscon, Old High German eiscōn (German heischen), Sanskrit icchati (he) seeks
Related forms
ask·er, noun
un·ask·ing, adjective
un·ask·ing·ly, adverb
Antonyms
1, 10. answer.
1, 10. answer.
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| ask after or (Scot) ask for | |
| —vb | |
| (preposition) to make inquiries about the health of (someone): he asked after her mother | |
| ask for or (Scot) ask for | |
| —vb | |
| ask for | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to try to obtain by requesting: he asked for help |
| 2. | informal (intr) to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble): she's asking for trouble; you're asking for it |
| 3. | (Scot) to ask after: tell your parents I'm asking for them |
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Word Origin & History
ask
O.E. ascian "ask," from earlier ahsian, from P.Gmc. *aiskojan (cf. O.S. escon, O.Fris. askia, M.Du. eiscen, O.H.G. eiscon, Ger. heischen "to ask, demand"), from PIE *ais- "to wish, desire" (cf. Skt. icchati "seeks, desires," Arm. aic "investigation," O.C.S. iskati "to seek," Lith. iekau "to seek"). Form
EXPANDin Eng. infl. by a Scand. form of the word (cf. Dan. æske; the O.E. would have evolved by normal sound changes into ash, esh, which was a Midlands and s.w. England dialect form). The variant in modern dialect ax is as old as O.E. acsian and was an accepted literary variant until c.1600. O.E. also had fregnan, frignan which carried more directly the sense of "question, inquire," and is from PIE root *prek-, the common source of words for "ask" in most I.E. languages. If you ask me "in my opinion" is attested from 1910.
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Idioms & Phrases
ask for
Also, ask for it. To persist in an action despite the likelihood that it will bring trouble on oneself, as in Speeding as much as he does, he has been asking for a ticket and Mary deserved that low grade; in effect, she asked for it by not studying. [c. 1900] Also see ask for the moon.
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