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ask
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Verb
  • require or ask for as a price or condition
    • He is asking $200 for the table
    • The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage
  • 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
    • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
  • address a question to and expect an answer from
    • Ask your teacher about trigonometry
    • The children asked me about their dead grandmother
  • 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
  • direct or put; seek an answer to
    • ask a question
  • make a request or demand for something to somebody
    • She asked him for a loan
  • inquire about
    • I asked about their special today
    • He had to ask directions several times
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