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ask
Overview of verb ask
The verb ask has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (654) ask, inquire, enquire -- (inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times")
2. (433) ask -- (make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan")
3. (86) ask -- (direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question")
4. (50) ask, require, expect -- (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")
5. (3) ask -- (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")
6. (3) ask -- (address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother")
7. (2) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (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")
Grep of noun ask
ask jeeves
asker
asking
asking price
asklepios
bar mask
birdcage mask
cask
catcher's mask
damask
death mask
dewar flask
disagreeable task
erlenmeyer flask
eye mask
face mask
fencer's mask
fencing mask
flask
gasmask
half mask
hipflask
life mask
mask
oxygen mask
pocket flask
powder flask
rask
rasmus christian rask
round-bottom flask
ski mask
slask
task
thermos flask
vacuum flask
welder's mask
wine cask
Antonyms of verb ask
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ask
7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Also See> ask in#1; ask over#1; ask round#1; ask out#1
Sense 3
ask
=> give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
=> express, show, evince
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
ask, require, expect
=> demand
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 5
ask
=> demand
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 6
ask
=> address, turn to
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 7
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ask
5 of 7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
=> pry
=> consult, confer with
Sense 2
ask
=> request
=> solicit
Sense 4
ask, require, expect
=> call
Sense 6
ask
=> question, query
=> interrogate, question
Sense 7
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ask
7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
=> communicate, intercommunicate
Sense 2
ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
Also See> ask in#1; ask over#1; ask round#1; ask out#1
Sense 3
ask
=> give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
Sense 4
ask, require, expect
=> demand
Sense 5
ask
=> demand
Sense 6
ask
=> address, turn to
Sense 7
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
'Cause To' of verb ask
Derived Forms of verb ask
3 of 7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
RELATED TO>(noun) asker#1
=> inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
Sense 3
ask
RELATED TO>(noun) asker#1
=> inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
Sense 6
ask
RELATED TO>(noun) asker#1
=> inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
Domain of verb ask
Domain Terms of verb ask
Familiarity of verb ask
ask used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb ask
7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
EX: They ask whether there was a traffic accident
Sense 2
ask
EX: They ask him to write the letter
Sense 3
ask
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
ask, require, expect
EX: They ask him to write the letter
Sense 5
ask
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
ask
EX: They ask them the information
Sense 7
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ask
6 of 7 senses of ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
> communicate, intercommunicate
=> grimace, make a face, pull a face
=> fingerspell, finger-spell
=> aphorize, aphorise
=> riddle
=> project
=> reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> inflict, bring down, visit, impose
=> commune
=> ask, inquire, enquire
=> telecommunicate
=> inform
=> joke, jest
=> blog
=> greet
=> address, turn to
=> nod
=> convey, impart
=> sign
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> talk, speak
=> speak, talk
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
=> telepathize, telepathise
=> write
=> radio
=> write
=> network
=> sign, signal, signalize, signalise
=> semaphore
=> whistle
=> give, throw
=> give, pay
=> give, render
=> carry, convey, express
=> issue
=> come across, come over
=> share
=> get
Sense 2
ask
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Sense 3
ask
> give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
=> ask
=> lexicalize, lexicalise
=> dogmatize, dogmatise
=> formularize, formularise
=> frame, redact, cast, put, couch
Sense 4
ask, require, expect
> demand
=> want
=> ask, require, expect
=> clamor, clamour
=> dun
=> ask
Sense 5
ask
> demand
=> want
=> ask, require, expect
=> clamor, clamour
=> dun
=> ask
Sense 6
ask
> address, turn to
=> ask
=> address, call
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ask
Sense 1
ask, inquire, enquire
=> communicate, intercommunicate
Sense 3
ask
=> give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
Sense 6
ask
=> address, turn to
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Sense 2
ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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Sense 4
ask, require, expect
=> demand
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Sense 5
ask
=> demand
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Sense 7
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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Grep of verb ask
ask
ask for
ask for it
ask for trouble
ask in
ask out
ask over
ask round
bask
mask
take to task
task
unmask
Grep of adj ask
askance
askant
askew
asking
damask
Grep of adv ask
askance
askew
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