Definition: ask

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

ask
     v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had
          to ask directions several times" [syn: inquire, enquire]
     2: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She
        asked him for a loan"
     3: direct or put; seek an answer to: "ask a question"
     4: 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" [syn: require, expect]
     5: 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"
     6: address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your
        teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about
        their dead grandmother"
     7: 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" [syn: necessitate, need, require,
         take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: obviate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Asking.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian,
   [=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw.
   [=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.
   j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.
   [root]5.]
   1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to
      solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before
      the person addressed.

            Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.    --Judg. xviii.
                                                  5.

            If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
            shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
            you.                                  --John xv. 7.

   2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of
      remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as,
      what price do you ask?

            Ask me never so much dowry.           --Gen. xxxiv.
                                                  12.

            To whom men have committed much, of him they will
            ask the more.                         --Luke xii.
                                                  48.

            An exigence of state asks a much longer time to
            conduct a design to maturity.         --Addison.

   3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a
      question to or about; to question.

            He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
                                                  --John ix. 21.

            He asked the way to Chester.          --Shak.

   4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

   5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the
      banns and the persons. --Fuller.

   Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;
        beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;
        exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg.

Ask \Ask\, v. i.
   1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to
      ask for bread.

            Ask, and it shall be given you.       --Matt. vii.
                                                  7.

   2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed
      by after.

            Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen.
                                                  xxxii. 29.

Ask \Ask\, n. [See 2d Asker.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

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Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001

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