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Meaning of ask

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ask
      v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had
           to ask directions several times" [syn: {ask}, {inquire},
           {enquire}]
      2: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She
         asked him for a loan"
      3: direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
      4: consider obligatory; 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" [syn: {ask}, {require}, {expect}]
      5: address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your
         teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about
         their dead grandmother"
      6: require as useful, just, or proper; "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" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask}, {postulate},
         {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}]
         [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}]
      7: require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking
         $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million
         dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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