ask

Verb
  1. Make a request or demand for something to somebody (synset 200754499)
    "She asked him for a loan"
    is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    subtypes:
    • request - ask (a person) to do something
    • solicit - make a solicitation or petition for something desired
  2. Direct or put;
    Seek an answer to (synset 200786389)
    "ask a question"
    is a type of: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word - put into words or an expression
    verb group: ask, enquire, inquire - address a question to and expect an answer from
  3. Consider obligatory;
    Request and expect (synset 200757790)
    "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"
    is a type of: demand - request urgently and forcefully
    subtypes: call - require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
    same as: expect, require
  4. Address a question to and expect an answer from (synset 200899241)
    "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; "I inquired about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
    is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings
    subtypes:
    same as: enquire, inquire
    verb group: ask - direct or put; seek an answer to
  5. Require as useful, just, or proper (synset 202634015)
    "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"
    subtypes:
    • claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    • govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
    • draw - require a specified depth for floating
    • cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
    • cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately
    • compel - necessitate or exact
    same as: call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
    verb group: claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
  6. Make a date (synset 202492311)
    "Has he asked you out yet?"; "He asekd me to a dance"
    is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    same as: ask out, invite out, take out
  7. Require or ask for as a price or condition (synset 201070587)
    "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
    is a type of: demand - request urgently and forcefully

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