ask /ɑsk/
1. make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"
synset: ask
2. direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
synset: ask
3. 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"
4. address a question to and expect an answer from; "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"
5. 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"
synset: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call_for, demand
antonym: obviate, rid_of, eliminate
6. make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?" "He asekd me to a dance"
synset: ask_out, ask, invite_out, take_out
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"
synset: ask
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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