[syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]
7. require or ask for as a price or condition;
- Example: "He is asking $200 for the table"
- Example: "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian,
[=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw.
[=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.
j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.
[root]5.]
1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to
solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before
the person addressed.
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Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. --Judg. xviii.
5.
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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. --John xv. 7.
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2. 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?
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Ask me never so much dowry. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.
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To whom men have committed much, of him they will
ask the more. --Luke xii.
48.
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An exigence of state asks a much longer time to
conduct a design to maturity. --Addison.
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3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a
question to or about; to question.
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He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
--John ix. 21.
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He asked the way to Chester. --Shak.
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4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
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5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the
banns and the persons. --Fuller.
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Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;
beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;
exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ask \Ask\, v. i.
1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to
ask for bread.
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Ask, and it shall be given you. --Matt. vii.
7.
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2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed
by after.
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Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen.
xxxii. 29.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ask \Ask\, n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zool.)
A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
[1913 Webster] Askance
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ask
v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had
to ask directions several times" [syn: ask, inquire,
enquire]
2: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She
asked him for a loan"
3: direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
4: 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" [syn: ask, require, expect]
5: address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your
teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about
their dead grandmother"
6: 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 postulate a
patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate,
need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]
[ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
7: require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking
$200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million
dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ASK
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