asking
asking · askings
запит, прохання, вимога
запрос, требование, просьба
Nachfrage, Gesuch, Bitte
The act or process of posing a question or making a requestThe act or process of posing a question or making a request.
UK/ˈɑːskɪŋ/US/ˈæskɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
His asking was greeted with silence.
(countable, rare, singular, uncountable)A request, or petition.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)The marriage banns.
More definitions
- the verbal act of requesting
Origin
From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; iFrom Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; inquiry”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to ask + -ing.
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