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English to English noun
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A water newt. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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inquire about | | Example: I asked about their special today
He had to ask directions several times
source: wordnet30
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make a request or demand for something to somebody | | Example: She asked him for a loan
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
direct or put; seek an answer to | | Example: ask a question
source: wordnet30
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consider obligatory; request and expect | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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address a question to and expect an answer from | | Example: Ask your teacher about trigonometry
The children asked me about their dead grandmother
source: wordnet30
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require as useful, just, or proper | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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require or ask for as a price or condition | | Example: He is asking $200 for the table
The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage
source: wordnet30
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To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. | | source: webster1913
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