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(verb) make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan" |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, quest, request, request |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: expect, require |
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Related Words: call, demand |
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(verb) inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
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Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
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Related Words: communicate, confer with, consult, intercommunicate, investigate, pry |
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(verb) direct or put; seek an answer to: "ask a question"; "pose a problem to one's students" |
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Synonyms: pose |
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Related Words: articulate, formulate, phrase, word |
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(verb) address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" |
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Related Words: address, interrogate, query, question, speak to, turn to |
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(verb) make a request of or for: "ask money for the church"; "ask a favor" |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, quest, request |
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(verb) require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage" |
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Related Words: demand |
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(verb) 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 demands a spectacular dessert" |
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Synonyms: call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take |
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Related Words: call for, claim, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, imply, involve, take |
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