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ASK

\ˈask], \ˈask], \ˈa_s_k]\

Definitions of ASK

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
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"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
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"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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?
To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.
To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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?
To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.
To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To request; seek to obtain by words; petition or beg for; claim or demand; expect or require; as, what price do you ask? inquire respecting; as, to ask the way; question; invite.
To make request; inquire.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To seek: to request, inquire, beg, or question.
To request: to make inquiry.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To request; to invite; inquire.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to require, expect, or claim; to demand; to question; to inquire about; to invite.
To request or petition; to make inquiry.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To beg; to solicit; to seek from; to question; to inquire.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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