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Meaning
Verb
●
To
request
(information, or an
answer to
a question).
●
To
put forward
(a
question
) to be answered.
●
To
interrogate
or
enquire
of (a person).
●
To
request
or
petition
; usually with for.
●
To
request
permission
to do something.
●
To
require
,
demand
,
claim
, or
expect
, whether
by way of
remuneration
or
return
, or as
a matter
of necessity.
●
To invite.
●
To
publish
in
church
for
marriage
; said of both the
banns
and the persons.
●
To take (a person's
situation
) as an example.
Noun
●
An
act
or
instance
of asking.
●
Something
asked
or
asked
for.
●
An
asking
price.
●
In Internet:
A
message
sent to a
blog
on
social networking
platform
Tumblr, which can be
publicly
posted
and
replied
to by the recipient.
●
In British English & Scottish English:
An
eft
; newt.
●
In British English:
A lizard.
●
Initialism of
amplitude
shift
keying.
Name
●
The first
male
human,
according to
the Poetic Edda.
●
A
surname
from Swedish.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
ask
English
aske
Middle English (1100-1500)
asken
Middle English (1100-1500)
axian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Aks
Ax
Aske
Request
Asker
Ascar
Askerd
Askard
Invite
Water-Salamander
Related
Tell
Inquire
Request
Beg
Enquire
Answer
Say
Inform
Call
Know
Consult
Decide
Offer
Remind
Try
Send
Contact
Question
Advise
Give
Trust
Think
Teach
Pay
Pester
Told
Query
Comment
Interview
Instruct
Explain
Requests
Find
Hire
Convince
Consider
Write
Option
Answers
Understand
Wonder
Hear
Remember
Suggestion
Discuss
Message
Receive
Recommendation
Expect
Faq
Notify
Persuade
Email
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More
Rhymes
Ask
Task
Lask
Bask
Cask
Mask
Masc
Naskh
Flask
Pasch
Masque
Unmask
Basque
Pasque
Basque
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