Meaning

6 senses

  1. (informal)An act or instance of asking.

  2. (informal)Something asked or asked for.

    I know this is a big ask, but …

  3. (informal)An asking price.

  4. (Internet, informal)A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.

  5. (Scotland, also, informal)An eft; newt.

  6. (informal)A lizard.

Examples

22637 sentences

  1. Feel free to ask any questions.

    Не вагайтеся ставити питання. — aandrusiak

    ruНе стесняйтесь задавать любые вопросы. — Hellerick

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  2. I asked him where he lived.

    Я запитав його, де він мешкає. — deniko

    ruЯ спросил его, где он живет. — afyodor

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  3. I asked him about the accident.

    Я розпитав його про аварію. — deniko

    ruЯ спросил его об аварии. — Arkadeko

    deIch fragte ihn nach dem Unfall. — mayabe

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  4. I'm not about to ask him.

    Я не збираюся його питати просто зараз. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ не собираюсь его спрашивать прям сейчас. — Mukaltin

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  5. May I ask you a question?

    Можна, я поставлю питання? — aandrusiak

    ruМогу я задать вам вопрос? — V_Zmoova

    deDarf ich dir eine Frage stellen? — MUIRIEL

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Origin

From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn

From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).

From Middle English aske, arske, ascre, from Old English āþexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).

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Forms

plural: asks

Synonyms

1 synonyms
requestA2

Word family

5 related words
Derivedask pricebid-ask spreadbig askhard asktough ask

Collocations

12 patterns
  • want to ask
  • going to ask
  • been asked to
  • ask for help
  • asked her to
  • need to ask
  • asked for permission
  • like to ask
  • asked for a
  • to ask for
  • have to ask
  • been asked not

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
asideB1asinineaskanceaskew

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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