ask

ask is a 3-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
2. transitive verb. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
3. transitive verb. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
4. transitive verb. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
5. transitive verb. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
6. intransitive verb. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
7. intransitive verb. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
8. noun. A water newt.
9. verb. make a request or demand for something to somebody

   "She asked him for a loan"

10. verb. consider obligatory; request and expect

    "We require our secretary to be on time"

    "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"

    Synonyms: expect, require

11. verb. inquire about

    "I asked about their special today"

    "He had to ask directions several times"

    Synonyms: enquire, inquire

12. verb. direct or put; seek an answer to

    "ask a question"

13. verb. address a question to and expect an answer from

    "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"

    "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"

14. verb. 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"

15. verb. require as useful, just, or proper

    "It takes nerve to do what she did"

    "success usually requires hard work"

    Synonyms: demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take

Synonyms

expect, require, enquire, inquire, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, take

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ask:

kas, sak, ska

Common word forms

asks, asked, asker, asking, askable

Words from these letters

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