{ "ask":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to call on for an answer":[ "She asked him about his trip." ], ": to put a question about":[ "asking her opinion" ], ": speak , utter":[ "ask a question" ], ": to make a request of":[ "She asked her teacher for help." ], ": to make a request for":[ "She asked help from her teacher." ], ": to call for : require":[ "a challenge that will ask much of us" ], ": to set as a price":[ "asked $3000 for the car" ], ": invite":[ "She asked a few friends to the party." ], ": to seek information":[ "ask for her address" ], ": to make a request":[ "asked for food" ], ": to behave in a way that invites punishment or retribution":[ "Experts used to think that battered women were \" asking for it \"\u2014somehow masochistically provoking abuse from their men. Mercifully, that idea has now been discredited.", "\u2014 Michele Ingrassia" ], ": to behave in a way that is likely to result in trouble":[ "\u2026 you are asking for trouble if you try to lift too much weight \u2026", "\u2014 Douglas Jeffrey" ], ": something asked for, requested, or required of someone":[ "\u2014 used especially in phrases like a big ask and a tough ask to say that what is being asked for or hoped for is difficult or unlikely It's a big ask , I think, demanding audiences recall a plot from two years ago, and while normally I don't mind a big ask \u2026 this particular ask utterly defeated me. \u2014 Deborah Ross" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ask", "\u02c8\u00e4sk", "dialectal \u02c8aks" ], "synonyms":[ "catechize", "grill", "inquire (of)", "interrogate", "query", "question", "quiz" ], "antonyms":[ "answer", "reply", "respond" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ask Verb ask , question , interrogate , query , inquire mean to address a person in order to gain information. ask implies no more than the putting of a question. ask for directions question usually suggests the asking of series of questions. questioned them about every detail of the trip interrogate suggests formal or official systematic questioning. the prosecutor interrogated the witness all day query implies a desire for authoritative information or confirmation. queried a librarian about the book inquire implies a searching for facts or for truth often specifically by asking questions. began to inquire of friends and teachers what career she should pursue ask , request , solicit mean to seek to obtain by making one's wants known. ask implies no more than the statement of the desire. ask a favor of a friend request implies greater formality and courtesy. requests the pleasure of your company solicit suggests a calling attention to one's wants or desires by public announcement or advertisement. a letter soliciting information", "examples":[ "Verb", "I need to ask a question.", "Did you ask her yet?", "\u201cHave you seen the movie yet?\u201d he asked .", "a list of frequently asked questions", "\u201cIf you don't mind me asking , how old are you?\u201d \u201cI'm 35 years old. Why do you ask ?\u201d", "\u201cDo they have any soda?\u201d \u201cI don't know. I'll go ask .\u201d", "I would have given it to him, but he never asked .", "We had to stop and ask directions.", "May I ask the time?", "Did you ask permission to leave?", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "It's been reported that the committee didn't ask Mr. Cipollone to corroborate the specifics of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony. \u2014 ABC News , 10 July 2022", "The extraordinary circumstances forced authorities to shut down schools and offices and ask government workers to grow food in backyards. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 9 July 2022", "In the session on Friday, which took place only after Cipollone was served with a subpoena, investigators focused mainly on Cipollone\u2019s views on the events of Jan. 6 and generally did not ask about his views of other witnesses\u2019 accounts. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2022", "In between wrecking offensive lines, Woods would return to the sideline and ask advanced questions on eye placement. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 8 July 2022", "An attorney for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes says that Rhodes will offer to testify under oath before the House Jan. 6 select committee but will ask that a series of demands be met first. \u2014 Scott Macfarlane, CBS News , 8 July 2022", "Learn more about the making of Mystery of Aaravos, find out what\u2019s in store for our heroes in season 4 and beyond, ask panelists your most passionate questions. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 July 2022", "Listen carefully, take notes and ask questions as an active participant in your care plan. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 7 July 2022", "Blue Hill denied doing this with frequency, and added that vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian diners would frequently ask for dishes outside of their diet after hearing them described to fellow diners. \u2014 Elazar Sontag, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 July 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Understanding what each person is getting from your professional relationship and for particular ask is vital. \u2014 Abdo Riani, Forbes , 11 July 2022", "The video has since racked up more than 4.2 million likes and 20.9 million views, with many fans taking to the comments to jokingly call out Schnapp for exposing Doja Cat's ask , and agreeing with her thirst over Quinn. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 7 July 2022", "The ask hardly went unnoticed by Gauff\u2019s 250,000 followers. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 7 July 2022", "The 311 process has also involved multiple steps beyond the initial ask . \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022", "Scoping all this out in three days seems a risky and unreasonable ask . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022", "One guest\u2019s ask was to receive a book deal to write about Gold House\u2019s initiative; another, a mentorship in screenwriting; another, more support for API trans youth. \u2014 Jamila Stewart, Vogue , 23 May 2022", "Per Andrew Tobias, the ask came in court filings late Thursday as part of the ongoing lawsuit from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, led by former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2022", "The ask was granted by Glendale Elementary School District. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English \u0101scian ; akin to Old High German eisc\u014dn to ask, Lithuanian ie\u0161koti to seek, Sanskrit icchati he seeks":"Verb", "noun derivative of ask entry 1":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092559" }, "ask (for)":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to request to see or talk to (someone)":[ "Unhappy with the service, he asked for the store manager.", "There's someone on the phone asking for you." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000614", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "ask for":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to request to see or talk to (someone)":[ "Unhappy with the service, he asked for the store manager.", "There's someone on the phone asking for you." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083654", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "ask for the moon":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to ask for something that is very difficult or impossible to get":[ "The striking workers say they just want to be paid a fair wage. They're not asking for the moon ." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021818", "type":[ "idiom" ] }, "askew":{ "antonyms":[ "even", "level", "straight" ], "definitions":{ ": out of line : at an angle":[ "The picture hung askew ." ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Glazed legs slightly askew , and ringlets of blond, chestnut, ebony, and russet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022", "On a recent day, the traffic was so light that no one really noticed when a car accidentally backed into the barrel, setting one of the signs askew . \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022", "Seven of Nine) travel back to Earth in 2024 to prevent the timeline from going hopelessly askew . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022", "Nearby, the remnants of a red taillight sat askew near the sidewalk while a license plate lay in the street. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022", "If there are tree branches askew across a path, it\u2019s probably not the right one. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 July 2021", "The black Toyota\u2019s right front end appeared to be badly damaged from being jammed into a vehicle in front of it; its windshield was partially shattered, the hood crumpled up and its two front tires askew . \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 10 June 2021", "Leaning into the microphone, tie slightly askew , Dr. Tobin used his hands and elbows to demonstrate how people breathe. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2021", "One of the shifters has been knocked askew , and my leg has two bleeding puncture marks. \u2014 Jason H. Harper, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1552, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from a- entry 1 + skew":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8sky\u00fc" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "aslant", "atilt", "awry", "cock-a-hoop", "cockeyed", "crazy", "crooked", "listing", "lopsided", "oblique", "off-kilter", "pitched", "skewed", "slanted", "slanting", "slantwise", "tilted", "tipping", "uneven" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110947", "type":[ "adverb or adjective", "noun" ] }, "asking bid":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an artificial bid in contract bridge that asks for certain information from the bidder's partner":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054623", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "asking price":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the price at which something is offered for sale":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The original asking price for the car was $20,000, but I was eventually able to buy it for $18,000.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Their affordable lease in New Paltz, N.Y., negotiated in 2015 with the help of a farming nonprofit, had just ended, and they were suddenly thrust into a market where buyers were paying above asking price . \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022", "Zillow notes that 60% of sellers reported getting at least two offers on their homes, and that nearly half of homes sold in the US in April went for above asking price . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022", "The couple, who share daughter Genevieve, 3, purchased the property for $5,250,000 in 2016, property records show \u2014 a little over half of the current asking price . \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 14 Jan. 2022", "That\u2019s just $900 shy of his asking price , records show. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2020", "Sellers' median asking price jumped to a new record in June, reaching $450,000 \u2014 an increase of almost 17% from a year earlier. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 30 June 2022", "The villa\u2019s furniture, mostly imported from Europe, is included in the asking price . \u2014 Alison Gregor, New York Times , 22 June 2022", "Coincidentally, Silva's asking price is exactly what Barca want for De Jong from United or any other interested party: \u20ac80mn fixed and up front plus another \u20ac20mn in variables. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 17 June 2022", "The game\u2019s entertainment value well exceeds the asking price of nothing. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 14 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1755, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050915" }, "askingly":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": in an entreating or inquiring manner":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012754", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "ask after":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to ask about (someone or something)":[ "He asked after my wife's health.", "He greeted us warmly and asked after our families." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154015" }, "ask around":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to ask many people to tell one information about someone or something":[ "Maybe you should ask around to find out more about this guy.", "We usually ask around before trying a new restaurant." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175523" }, "ask oneself":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to think about the true answer (to a particular question)":[ "Ask yourself what you would do in that situation.", "Before buying an expensive item, he needs to ask himself if/whether he can afford it." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182747" }, "askable":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": fit or proper to be asked":[ "\u2026 a question that Wordsworth took to be altogether askable , and which, indeed, he spent eighty-five lines answering\u2014the question what happiness really is\u2014soon looked to philosophers under Bentham's influence like a question whose answer was so obvious that it could not be asked in earnest.", "\u2014 Martha C. Nussbaum , Daedalus , 22 Mar. 2004" ], ": approachable and capable of being asked a question":[ "I think it is important that you be an askable parent, so that he will know that he can come to you with any sort of question and that you'll give him a straight answer.", "\u2014 Ruth Westheimer , Chicago Tribune , 14 Dec. 1995" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8a-sk\u0259-b\u0259l", "\u02c8\u00e4-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "ask entry 1 + -able":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185351" }, "askance":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": with disapproval or distrust : scornfully":[ "They eyed the stranger askance .", "Many critics have looked askance at the proposal." ], ": with a side-glance : obliquely":[ "That experienced pilot of the Broads looked askance at his watch, and drew Allan aside at the first opportunity.", "\u2014 Wilkie Collins" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8skans", "\u0259-\u02c8skan(t)s" ], "synonyms":[ "distrustfully", "doubtfully", "doubtingly", "dubiously", "mistrustfully", "sideways", "skeptically", "suspiciously" ], "antonyms":[ "trustfully", "trustingly" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "we looked askance at the dealer's assertion that the car had never been in an accident", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Candidates and their backers also typically knock on doors to get signatures, but that\u2019s not an option this year as people look askance at strangers on their doorsteps. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2020", "True, lots of good white progressives look askance at businessmen who amass vast fortunes. \u2014 John Powers, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2020", "Saban heard those words and looked askance and sidewise. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2020", "But Blue Thunder is still early enough in the cycle to look askance at its titular sweet ride. \u2014 Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica , 10 Jan. 2020", "Anyone who transgresses that norm by refusing to follow traditional gender stereotypes is viewed askance and, in small and large ways, treated as an outcast. \u2014 Max De Haldevang, Quartz , 27 Dec. 2019", "Wisconsinites might look askance at the pie that uses sweet instead of sour cherries, but the bars, Bundt cakes, cookies and other sweets and savories in this book feed the Midwestern soul. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Dec. 2019", "Even beneficiaries of the increase look at it askance . \u2014 Robert O'connell, The Atlantic , 1 Oct. 2019", "As regulators look increasingly askance at Big Tech, the very notion of blitzscaling raises competition and other concerns, which will make public investors yet more queasy. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably a sense development (influenced by asqwynt \"obliquely, askew ,\" and phonetically similar words) of earlier and Middle English askaunce, a-skans, a-skaunces \"in such a way that, as if, as if to say, artificially, deceptively,\" from as- as entry 1 + Old French quanses, canses \"as if, appearing as though,\" from quanse-, canse- (going back to Latin quam s\u012b \"as if\") + -s, adverbial suffix":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191932" }, "ask someone out":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": to ask someone to go on a date":[ "Are you going to ask her out " ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204522" }, "askar":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a native infantryman in the army of Morocco or any other Arabic-speaking country":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ask\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Arabic \u02bdaskar soldier":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213456" }, "askarel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a synthetic electrically insulating liquid that is noncombustible":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6ask\u0259\u00a6rel" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214611" }, "askari":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a native soldier especially of eastern Africa in the service of a European power":[], ": a native police officer or guard of eastern Africa":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "a\u02c8s-", "\u0259\u02c8sk\u00e4r\u0113", "\u02c8ask\u0259r\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Arabic \u02bdaskar\u012b":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223948" }, "askeletal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": without a skeleton":[ "\u2014 used especially of sponges" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)\u0101 + \u00a6-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "a- entry 2 + skeletal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-123255" }, "askesis":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": self-discipline , asceticism":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8sk\u0113-s\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130120" } }