ask

• "She asked him for a loan"

• "seek an answer to"
• "ask a question"

• "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"

Synonyms

• requirerequire as useful, just, or proper; consider obligatory; make someone do something ; have need of
• expectregard something as probable or likely; consider obligatory; look forward to the probable occurrence of; consider reasonable or due; look forward to the birth of a child; be pregnant with

• "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"
• "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
• "I inquired about their special today"
• "He had to ask directions several times"

Synonyms

• inquireaddress a question to and expect an answer from; have a wish or desire to know something; conduct an inquiry or investigation of
• enquireaddress a question to and expect an answer from; conduct an inquiry or investigation of; have a wish or desire to know something

• "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"

Synonyms

• necessitaterequire as useful, just, or proper; cause to be a concomitant
• postulate(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning ; maintain or assert; take as a given; require as useful, just, or proper
• needa condition requiring relief; anything that is necessary but lacking; the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; a state of extreme poverty or destitution; require as useful, just, or proper; have need of; have or feel a need for
• requirerequire as useful, just, or proper; consider obligatory; make someone do something ; have need of
• takethe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one's hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one's possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• involveconnect closely and often incriminatingly; engage as a participant; have as a necessary feature; require as useful, just, or proper; contain as a part; occupy or engage the interest of; make complex or intricate or complicated
• call forexpress the need or desire for; require as useful, just, or proper; request the participation or presence of; gather or collect
• demandan urgent or peremptory request; the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; required activity; the act of demanding; a condition requiring relief; request urgently and forcefully; require as useful, just, or proper; claim as due or just; lay legal claim to ; summon to court ; ask to be informed of

• "Has he asked you out yet? He asekd me to a dance"

Synonyms

• ask outmake a date
• invite outmake a date
• take outcause to leave; remove from its packing; take out or remove; obtain by legal or official process; make a date; remove something from a container or an enclosed space ; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home ; remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; take liquid out of a container or well; remove, usually with some force or effort; buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy ; prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• "He is asking $200 for the table"
• "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"