Definitions for ask
æsk, ɑskask

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. ask, inquire, enquireverb

   inquire about

   "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

2. askverb

   make a request or demand for something to somebody

   "She asked him for a loan"

3. askverb

   direct or put; seek an answer to

   "ask a question"

4. ask, require, expectverb

   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"

5. askverb

   address a question to and expect an answer from

   "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"

6. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb

   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"

7. askverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Asknoun

   The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.

2. Etymology: From asken, from axian, ascian, from aiskōnan, from ayǝs-. Cognate with easkje, eisen, heischen, æske, äska, искать.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ask Ash As

   Etymology: do all come from the Saxon æsc , an ash tree. Edmund Gibson Camden.

2. To Askverb

   Etymology: ascian, Saxon.

   1. To petition; to beg; sometimes with an accusative only; sometimes with for.

   When thou dost ask me blessing, I’ll kneel down,
   And ask of thee forgiveness. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   We have nothing else to ask, but that
   Which you deny already: yet will ask,
   That, if we fail in our request, the blame
   May hang upon your hardness. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins. Ecclus, xxi. 1.

   If he ask for bread, will he give him a stone? Matt. vii. 9.

   In long journies, ask your master leave to give ale to the horses. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To demand; to claim; as, to ask a price for goods.

   Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. Gen. xxxiv. 12.

   He saw his friends, who, whelm’d beneath the waves,
   Their funeral honours claim’d, and ask’d their quiet graves. John Dryden, Æneid.

   3. To enquire; to question; with for before the thing, and sometimes of before the person.

   Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. Jerem. vi. 16.

   For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it. Deut. iv. 32.

   O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and espy, ask him that flieth, and her that escapeth, and say, what is done? Jeremiah, xlviii. 19.

   4. To enquire; with after before the thing.

   He said, wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?
   And he blessed him there. Genesis, xxxii. 29.

   5. To require, as physically necessary.

   A lump of ore in the bottom of a mine will be stirred by two men’s strength; which, if you bring it to the top of the earth, will ask six men to stir it. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The administration passes into different hands at the end of two months, which contributes to dispatch: but any exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct any design to its maturity. Joseph Addison, Rem. on Italy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ask

   Ask is a song recorded by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single on 20 October 1986 through Rough Trade Records. Credited to vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, "Ask" is an upbeat, positive pop song built around major chords. Its lyrics discuss shyness and encourage the listeners to overcome their inhibitions. Its multiple guitar parts and complex production led to disagreements regarding its final mix. In addition, Craig Gannon, one-time rhythm guitarist for the group, has claimed he wrote – and was denied credit for – the song's chord structure. "Ask" continued the Smiths' top 20 streak in their native country, peaking at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. In addition, it reached number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. Filmmaker Derek Jarman directed the song's music video. As with most of the Smiths' singles, it was not included on an original album. It can be found on the compilations The World Won't Listen and Louder Than Bombs (both 1987) as well as the live album Rank (1988).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ask

   Ask can be defined as the act of making a request or seeking information from someone. It involves posing a question or making a query with the intention of receiving a response or obtaining knowledge about a specific topic or matter.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Askverb

   to request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed

2. Askverb

   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?

3. Askverb

   to interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question

4. Askverb

   to invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment

5. Askverb

   to publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons

6. Askverb

   to request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread

7. Askverb

   to make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after

8. Asknoun

   a water newt

9. Etymology: [See 2d Asker.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ask

   "Ask" is a song by The Smiths. It was released as a single in October 1986, reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart. As with most of The Smiths' singles, it was not included on an original album. It can be found on the compilations The World Won't Listen and Louder Than Bombs as well as the live album Rank, where it is introduced as the band's new single. The UK cover shows Yootha Joyce who starred in the UK television series George & Mildred. The song features Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals. There are two versions of this song. The version that appears on the single releases and the album The Very Best of The Smiths fades out slightly sooner and has the vocal track lasting until the end of the song. The backing vocals in this version are also mixed differently and are louder. The version that appears on all albums fades out later and has the vocal track ending before the fade begins. Craig Gannon, one-time rhythm guitarist for The Smiths has stated that he came up with some of the guitar part for "Ask" during his short stint as a member of the band: A music video was made for the song. It appears in The Smiths: The Complete Picture.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ask

   ask, v.t. to seek: to request, inquire, beg, question, invite.—v.i. to request: to make inquiry (with about and for—as to ask one after or for another). [A.S. áscian, ácsian; Ger. heischen, Ice. æskja, Sans. esh, to desire.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ask

   A name of the water-newt.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ask

   To inquire.

   They did ask for the day's holidays to be approved so they could have a long weekend with their daughter.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  

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1. ask

   Song lyrics by ask -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by ask on the Lyrics.com website.

2. ASK

   What does ASK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ASK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ask is ranked #37955 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ask surname appeared 585 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ask.
   
   95.5% or 559 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Demand
   • Formulate
   • Request

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ask' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #586

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ask' in Written Corpus Frequency: #275

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ask' in Verbs Frequency: #35

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Anagrams for ask »

1. aks

2. ska

3. sak

How to pronounce ask?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ask in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ask in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ask in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ask in a Sentence

1. Stephen Riga:

   Generally speaking, the impulse is going to be to ask why, a response that is involved there is potentially fraught, legally.

2. James Krellenstein:

   We should all take a step back and ask : How did we allow this to happen ? this is what happens when a company intentionally delays the development of an H.I.V. drug for monopolistic purposes.

3. Edward Hodnett:

   If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

4. Choi Kyung-hwan:

   We ask for people not to be over-sensitive so as not to dampen economic activities.

5. Magdalena Bacalando:

   They're already sexually active, they're not asking their parents. What adolescents ask their parents?

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ask
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ask
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ask
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ask
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ask
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ask
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ask
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ask