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Ask

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1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Ashkun.
2.VerbTo request or petition. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
"I asked her age.; I didn't know the answer so I asked.; I asked her (for) her age.; I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.; If you want to know, ask her.; to ask for a second helping at dinner; to ask for help with homework; to ask a favour; If you want help, you only have to ask.; Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.; She asked to see the doctor.; Did you ask to use the car?"
3.VerbTo request (information, or an answer to a question).
"I asked her age.; I didn't know the answer so I asked."
4.VerbTo request or enquire of (a person).
"I asked her (for) her age.; I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.; If you want to know, ask her."
5.VerbTo request (an item or service) .
"to ask for a second helping at dinner; to ask for help with homework; to ask a favour; If you want help, you only have to ask."
6.VerbTo request (someone to do something).
"Emma asked Jim to close his eyes."
7.VerbTo request permission (to do something).
"She asked to see the doctor.; Did you ask to use the car?"
8.VerbTo put forward (a question) to be answered.
"to ask a question; to ask a riddle"
9.VerbTo require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
"What price are you asking for the house?; It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland."
10.VerbTo invite.
"Don’t ask them to the wedding."
11.VerbTo indirectly encourage or make more likely (an undesirable outcome).
"Walking around with such an expensive watch is asking to be mugged."
12.VerbTo publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
13.VerbTo take (a person's situation) as an example.
14.NounAn act or instance of asking.
15.NounSomething asked or asked for.
"I know this is a big ask, but …"
16.NounAn asking price.
17.NounA message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
18.NounAn eft; newt.
19.NounA lizard.
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