Definition/Meaning of ask

• English - Verb: ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked) (intransitive, transitive) To request or petition .: To request (information, or an answer to a question ). I asked her age. I didn't know the answer so I asked . (ditransitive, transitive) To request or enquire of (a person). I asked her (for) her age. If you want to know, ask her.…
• English - Noun: ask (plural asks) (informal) An act or instance of asking. 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “No Marston Vale line trains... and no one in charge seems to 'give a damn'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46: That really does not seem much of an ask . 2005, Laura Fredricks, The ask: To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a…
• English - Anagrams: aks , ska
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA: /ɑːsk/ (Northern England, Scotland, UK) IPA: /ask/ (Multicultural London English, UK, also) IPA: /ɑːks/ (Canada, General American, US) IPA: /æsk/ (New York City, Philadelphia, US) IPA: [ɛəsk] (US) IPA: /æks/ (Hong Kong, Singapore) IPA: /ˈas , ˈɛs/ Rhymes: -æsk Rhymes: -ɑːsk Homophone: acts Homophone: ax Homophone: axe (some dialects) Homophone: acts