asking

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Meaning

ask

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Synonyms

begging
B2
request
B1
soliciting
26k
entreaty
requesting
C1
inquiring
24k
appeal
B2
entreating
calling
A2
📲
solicitation
28k
questioning
B2
pleading
C2
prayer
B2
praying
B2
searching
B1
seeking
C1
summoning
24k
summons
C2
supplication
wishing
C1
search
A2

sollicitation

beseeching
bidding
C1
call
A1
desiring
39k
imploring
inquiry
C1
interrogating
C2
inviting
C1
looking
A1
petition
C1
Translations

سائل
صلاة
طلب

سُؤال

instància
oració
petició
pregària
rés
sol·licitud
auffordernd
fragend
Nachfrage

ερώτηση

السّؤال

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæskɪŋ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
askinge
Inherited from Old English
āsciende
Inherited from Middle English
asking
Inherited from Old English
āscung
In summary

From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing.

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