ask for

Verb
  1. Increase the likelihood of (synset 201763987)
    "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"
    is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    same as: invite
  2. Express the need or desire for (synset 200754770)
    "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary"
    is a type of: communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across - transmit information
    subtypes:
    • order - make a request for something
    • ask - make a request or demand for something to somebody
    • encore - request an encore, from a performer
    • petition - write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
    • demand - request urgently and forcefully
    • appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
    • supplicate - ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
    • apply - ask (for something)
    • beg, solicit, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
    • reserve - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
    • challenge - ask for identification
    • beg off, excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement
    • demand - ask to be informed of
    • claim - ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
    • call for, invite - request the participation or presence of
    • ask in, invite - ask to enter
    • desire - express a desire for
    • beg - ask to obtain free
    • arrogate, claim, lay claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
    • ask over, ask round, invite - invite someone to one's house
    • call - call a meeting; invite or command to meet
    • ask, ask out, invite out, take out - make a date
    • book, hold, reserve - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
    same as: bespeak, call for, quest, request
    verb group: call for, invite - request the participation or presence of

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