ask

IPA: ˈæsk

noun

  • An act or instance of asking.
  • Something asked or asked for.
  • An asking price.
  • (Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
  • (UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
  • (UK dialectal) A lizard.
  • (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
  • A surname from Swedish.
  • Initialism of amplitude shift keying.

verb

  • (transitive or ditransitive) 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.
  • (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
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