Ask

/ɑːsk/

Synonyms for "ask" (179 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Verb(8 words)
inquireappealask aroundask awayask inask outasking pricecall for
appeal toapplyapply forargueascertainask a questionask aboutask forask questionsassessbe hurting forbe indicatedbegbeg leavebeseechbespeakbidbid comeblackmailbring into question
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callcall forcall incanvasscatechizechallengechargecharge for

Strong matches (54)

claimclamor forcommandcravecry forcry out fordebatedeliberatedemanddesirediscussenquirerenquiryentreatexactexamineextortfilefile forhave occasion for
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imploreimportuneimposeindentinquireinquire ofinterpellateinterrogateinviteissue an invitationissue an ultimatumlevylikemake a demandmake a request
Noun(6 words)
consultdemanderenquiryinquiry basedinquiry exerciseinvites
Adjective(1 words)
demanding

Related words (89)

make a requisitionmake applicationmake dutiablemake inquirynecessitateneedorderorder uppetitionplace an orderpleadpollposeprayprerequirepresspro rataproposepropose a questionpropound a question
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proratepushput in forput in requisitionput queriesqueryquestionquizreferrequestrequirerequire an answerrequisitionreviewscrewseeksolicitstick forsummontaketake doingtalk overtaxtitheurgewantwant doingwant to knowwarnwaywhistle forwish
Noun(14 words)
natural language queryproject questionpromptsqueriesqueryingquestionsquiresrequest reviewrequestingrequestssurveytanyawater-salamanderwondering
Verb(22 words)
necessitateneednewtpleapose questionspostulatepriceproposequeriedqueryquestionquestionedquizzedraise a questionrequestrequestedrequiresolicitsolicitsstated price
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taketake out
Adverb(1 words)
wheres

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

28 entries
articulateask forbear onbespeakcall forcome tocommunicatecommunicationcommunication actconcerncostdemandformulategive voicehave to do withintercommunicate

Showing 16 of 28 words.

More specific

15 entries
ask aroundask awayask for helpask indemandinquireinquirylisting pricepleapose a questionqueryrequest permissionretail pricestated pricetest item

Collocations

10 entries
asking pricebig askclear askcourteous inquirydirect questionformal requestpolite askpolite inquirysimple questionthe asking price

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

6 entries

similar

5 entries

Translations

160 translations across 100 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔱𐔴𐕚𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 verb (make a request)

Albanian

1 entries
  • lut verb (make a request)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • αἰτέω verb (make a request)
  • αἰτίζω verb (make a request)
  • ἐξαιτέω verb (make a request)

Arabic

3 entries
  • سَأَلَ verb (make a request)
  • طلب verb (make a request)
  • طَلَبَ verb (make a request)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խնդրել verb (make a request)

Assamese

1 entries
  • খোজা verb (make a request)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܛܵܠܹܒ verb (make a request)
  • ܫܵܐܹܠ verb (make a request)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • arzu etmək verb (make a request)
  • diləmək verb (make a request)
  • tələb etmək verb (make a request)
  • xahiş etmək verb (make a request)

Basque

1 entries
  • eskatu verb (make a request)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • папрасі́ць verb (make a request)
  • прасі́ць verb (make a request)

Bengali

2 entries
  • চাওয়া verb (make a request)
  • বলা verb (make a request)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • माँगल verb (make a request)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • и́скам verb (make a request)
  • мо́ля verb (make a request)

Burmese

2 entries
  • တိုင် verb (make a request)
  • ပန် verb (make a request)

Catalan

1 entries
  • demanar verb (make a request)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • داواکردن verb (make a request)
  • پرسین verb (make a request)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭ verb (make a request)

Chickasaw

4 entries
  • asilhha verb (make a request)
  • asilhlha verb (make a request)
  • imasilhha verb (make a request)
  • ittimasilhha verb (make a request)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 請 /请 verb (make a request)
  • 請求 /请求 verb (make a request)

Czech

2 entries
  • prosit verb (make a request)
  • žádat verb (make a request)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • precur verb (make a request)

Danish

1 entries
  • bede verb (make a request)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vragen verb (make a request)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • peti verb (make a request)

Estonian

1 entries
  • paluma verb (make a request)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pyytää verb (make a request)

French

1 entries
  • demander verb (make a request)

Friulian

1 entries
  • domandâ verb (make a request)

Galician

1 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ითხოვს verb (make a request)
  • სთხოვს verb (make a request)

German

1 entries
  • bitten verb (make a request)

Greek

2 entries
  • ζητώ verb (make a request)
  • παρακαλώ verb (make a request)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • noi verb (make a request)
  • ui verb (make a request)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בִּקֵּשׁ verb (make a request)
  • שָׁאַל verb (make a request)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पूछना verb (make a request)
  • माँगना verb (make a request)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kér verb (make a request)
  • megkér verb (make a request)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • biðja verb (make a request)
  • spyrja verb (make a request)

Ido

1 entries
  • demandar verb (make a request)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • minta verb (make a request)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kyssyä verb (make a request)

Irish

2 entries
  • iarr verb (make a request)
  • pléigh verb (make a request)

Italian

2 entries
  • chiedere verb (make a request)
  • domandare verb (make a request)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 頼む verb (make a request)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕೇಳು verb (make a request)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • өтіну verb (make a request)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សុំ verb (make a request)
  • សួរ verb (make a request)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • корны verb (make a request)

Korean

2 entries
  • 부탁하다 verb (make a request)
  • 청하다 verb (make a request)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຂໍ verb (make a request)
  • ຈັງ verb (make a request)

Latin

3 entries
  • precor verb (make a request)
  • quaerō verb (make a request)
  • rogō verb (make a request)

Latvian

3 entries
  • lūgt verb (make a request)
  • pieprasīt verb (make a request)
  • prasīt verb (make a request)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • prašyti verb (make a request)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • pšosyś verb (make a request)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • bieden verb (make a request)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • моли verb (make a request)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гуйх verb (make a request)

Norman

1 entries
  • d'mander verb (make a request)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • dawa kirin verb (make a request)
  • daxwaz kirin verb (make a request)
  • xwestin verb (make a request)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • be om verb (make a request)

Occitan

1 entries
  • demandar verb (make a request)

Old English

1 entries
  • biddan verb (make a request)

Old High German

1 entries
  • bitten verb (make a request)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صورمق verb (make a request)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • pidi verb (make a request)

Persian

1 entries
  • درخواستن verb (make a request)

Polish

2 entries
  • poprosić verb (make a request)
  • prosić verb (make a request)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)
  • requerer verb (make a request)
  • requisitar verb (make a request)
  • solicitar verb (make a request)

Quechua

1 entries
  • mañai verb (make a request)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cere verb (make a request)
  • invita verb (make a request)
  • ruga verb (make a request)

Russian

2 entries
  • попроси́ть verb (make a request)
  • проси́ть verb (make a request)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पृच्छति verb (make a request)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • apiliare verb (make a request)

Scots

2 entries
  • frain verb (make a request)
  • speir verb (make a request)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • iarr verb (make a request)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mòliti verb (make a request)
  • pȉtati verb (make a request)
  • мо̀лити verb (make a request)
  • пи̏тати verb (make a request)

Slovak

2 entries
  • prosiť verb (make a request)
  • žiadať verb (make a request)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prositi verb (make a request)

Spanish

2 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)
  • requerir verb (make a request)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • suhun verb (make a request)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kuomba verb (make a request)

Swedish

1 entries
  • be om verb (make a request)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hingiin verb (make a request)
  • humingi verb (make a request)

Tajik

1 entries
  • дархост кардан verb (make a request)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கேள் verb (make a request)
  • கோரு verb (make a request)
  • வேண்டு verb (make a request)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అడుగు verb (make a request)

Thai

2 entries
  • ขอ verb (make a request)
  • วาน verb (make a request)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dilemek verb (make a request)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • haýyş etmek verb (make a request)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • курыны verb (make a request)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎌𐎀𐎍 verb (make a request)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • попроси́ти verb (make a request)
  • проси́ти verb (make a request)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مانگنا verb (make a request)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سوراش verb (make a request)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • iltimos qilmoq verb (make a request)

Venetan

2 entries
  • dimandar verb (make a request)
  • domandar verb (make a request)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cầu xin verb (make a request)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ceisio verb (make a request)
  • gofyn verb (make a request)
  • holi verb (make a request)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • ukucela verb (make a request)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • בעטן verb (make a request)

Zulu

4 entries
  • buza verb (make a request)
  • cela verb (make a request)
  • ncenga verb (make a request)
  • nxusa verb (make a request)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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Why do you ask?

Source: tatoeba (1368)

If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

Source: tatoeba (1382)

I won't ask you anything else today.

Source: tatoeba (1397)

I need to ask you a silly question.

Source: tatoeba (1417)

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