Ask
verb
To say something to somebody as a question, wanting to get a piece of information.
She asked me what time it was.
Often appears as...
- ask a question
- ask somebody/something about
verb
To tell somebody that you would like them to do something or that you would like something to happen.
He asked me to leave the room.
Often appears as...
- ask for help
- ask permission
verb
To invite somebody to go somewhere or do something.
I've been asked to a party on Friday.
Often appears as...
- ask somebody out
- ask somebody round
verb
To make a demand for something, or to set a certain price.
She is asking $500 for the old car.
Often appears as...
- ask price
- ask for a raise
verb
To require something to be as a necessary or appropriate part of something.
This task asks a lot of patience and hard work.
Often appears as...
- ask patience
- ask understanding
verb
To say something to somebody as a question, wanting to get a piece of information.
She asked me what time it was.
Often appears as...
- ask a question
- ask somebody/something about
verb
To tell somebody that you would like them to do something or that you would like something to happen.
He asked me to leave the room.
Often appears as...
- ask for help
- ask permission
verb
To invite somebody to go somewhere or do something.
I've been asked to a party on Friday.
Often appears as...
- ask somebody out
- ask somebody round
verb
To make a demand for something, or to set a certain price.
She is asking $500 for the old car.
Often appears as...
- ask price
- ask for a raise
verb
To require something to be as a necessary or appropriate part of something.
This task asks a lot of patience and hard work.
Often appears as...
- ask patience
- ask understanding
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Seek Information
Use 'ask' when you need to find out information from someone else.
Could I ask your name?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Doubts
It's common to use 'ask' to get a better understanding or clarification.
I asked the teacher to explain the problem again.
Pro Tip 3/3Express Curiosity
'Ask' often shows you're interested in learning more about a subject or person.
He asked about her trip to Spain.
Pro Tip 1/3Seek Information
Use 'ask' when you need to find out information from someone else.
Could I ask your name?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Doubts
It's common to use 'ask' to get a better understanding or clarification.
I asked the teacher to explain the problem again.
Pro Tip 3/3Express Curiosity
'Ask' often shows you're interested in learning more about a subject or person.
He asked about her trip to Spain.
Pro Tip 1/3Seek Information
Use 'ask' when you need to find out information from someone else.
Could I ask your name?
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Doubts
It's common to use 'ask' to get a better understanding or clarification.
I asked the teacher to explain the problem again.
Pro Tip 3/3Express Curiosity
'Ask' often shows you're interested in learning more about a subject or person.
He asked about her trip to Spain.
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Can you solve the three...
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The myth behind the...
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Rethinking infidelity...
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Questions No One Knows...
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Video examples
Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
Video examples
What is depression? -...
actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help. And the more patients seek treatment, the more scientists will learn about depression, and the better the treatments will get.
Video examples
How to create a great...
organize the world's information so as you think about your new brand think carefully and ask yourself what's your big idea the third step is to check the name isn't already taken you might have to create hundreds of names perhaps thousands before you find one that's
Video examples
Can you solve the three...
Now that you know whether its answers are true or false, ask the same alien whether the center overlord is Arr. The process of elimination will identify the remaining one. The satisfied overlords help you repair your ship and you prepare for takeoff.
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The myth behind the...
The rat rose with the sun to get an early start, but on the way to the river, he met the horse, the tiger, and the ox. Because the rat was small and couldn't swim very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused,
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Can you solve the...
You leave, and life on the island seems to go on as before. But on the hundredth morning after your visit, all the prisoners are gone, each having asked to leave the previous night. So how did you outsmart the dictator?
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
other animals, not just their own species but other animals. Altruism is a true act of kindness, when you protect someone without asking or expecting anything in return. So you might even risk your life
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CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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Rethinking infidelity...
The main question that I've been asked since I arrived at this conference when I said I would talk about infidelity is, for or against? I said, "Yes."
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
I'm going to speak the truth when I'm asked about it.
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