ask

Meaning

Verb

1. To request or petition.
2. To request or petition.
3. To request or petition.
4. To request or petition.
5. To request or petition.
6. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
7. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
8. To invite.
9. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
10. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Noun

1. (informal) An act or instance of asking.
2. (informal) Something asked or asked for.
3. (informal) An asking price.
4. (informal) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.

Noun

1. An eft; newt.
2. A lizard.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑːsk/

Etymology

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), 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 इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).

Sentences

Did you ask particularly that you should have yesterday , the Tuesday ?