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| v. (communication) | 1. ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ ask | direct or put; seek an answer to.; "ask a question" |
| ~ pry | be nosey.; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" |
| ~ confer with, consult | get or ask advice from.; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" |
| ~ ask | address a question to and expect an answer from.; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" |
| v. (communication) | 2. ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody.; "She asked him for a loan" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ request | ask (a person) to do something.; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| ~ solicit | make a solicitation or petition for something desired.; "She is too shy to solicit" |
| v. (communication) | 3. ask | direct or put; seek an answer to.; "ask a question" |
| ~ ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate | put into words or an expression.; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
| v. (communication) | 4. ask, expect, require | consider obligatory; request and expect.; "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" |
| ~ demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
| ~ call | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation.; "Call a bond" |
| v. (communication) | 5. ask | address a question to and expect an answer from.; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" |
| ~ ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ query, question | pose a question. |
| ~ interrogate, question | pose a series of questions to.; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion" |
| ~ address, turn to | speak to.; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" |
| v. (stative) | 6. ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "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" |
| ~ exact, claim, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ exact, claim, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood.; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" |
| ~ draw | require a specified depth for floating.; "This boat draws 70 inches" |
| ~ cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.; "This mistake cost him his job" |
| ~ cry for, cry out for | need badly or desperately.; "This question cries out for an answer" |
| ~ compel | necessitate or exact.; "the water shortage compels conservation" |
| v. (communication) | 7. ask | require or ask for as a price or condition.; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage" |
| ~ demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
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