Ask

Definition: Ask

Ask

Verb

1. Inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times".

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".

5. Require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage".

6. Address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother".

7. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ask" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Finance

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

ASK

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Ask

Advice

Phrase: "give every man thine ear but few thy voice"; "I pray thee cease thy counsel"; "my guide, philosopher, and friend"; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation".

Barter

Bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle; dicker; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain; (contract).

Deprecation

Unsought, unbesought; unasked; (see ask; ).

Forgiveness

Beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon; Noun: conciliate, propitiate, placate; make up a quarrel; (pacify); let the wound heal.

Inquiry

Verb: make inquiry; Noun: inquire, ask, seek, search.

Ask about, inquire about.

Permission

Ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.

Pity

Ask for mercy; Verb: supplicate; (request); cry for quarter, beg one's life, kneel; deprecate.

Price

Verb: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill; (debt); have one's price; liquidate.

Request

Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for.

Crosswords: Ask

Danish (ash), Faeroese (ash), Pidgin English (to ask), Swedish (ash, box, case, pack).

I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Well, then, since you're so humble, we won't ask your opinion (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

Excuse me, officers, but I hate to ask a law enforcement official to bend the rules, especially for Penal Code 117, Section 33b, but our house is at stake (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner)

Ask me again (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

And I could not ask for more (I Could Not Ask for More; performing artist: Edwin McCain)

To ask you to sympathize (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special)

And though my friends just might ask me (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

You won't have to ask if I still care (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One)

Now I don't gotta ask (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

In Boston they ask, ''How much does he know?'' In New York, ''How much is he worth?'' In Philadelphia, ''Who were his parents?'' (references; author: Mark Twain)

Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids (references; author: unknown)

Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest (references; author: unknown)

If you want something done, ask someone who is busy! (references; author: unknown)

Sometimes it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. (references; author: unknown)

Don't Ask Me (1974)

Go Ask Alice (1973)

Ilk Ask (1972)

Ask firtinasi (1972)

Funny You Should Ask (1968)

ASK THE LONELY  (performing artist: Four Tops )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ask Central Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Ask Jeeves Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Ask Planning Center, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Answers to Questions Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration (reference)

• Ask the Dust (reference)

• The Hard Questions : 100 Essential Questions To Ask Before You Say "I Do" (reference)

• The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) (But Need to Know) (reference)

• This Old House : The Best of Ask Norm (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ask (reference)

• Writers Ask (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Just Ask My Children (reference)

• Ask Any Girl (reference)

• Go Ask Alice (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• All I Ask of You (reference)

• Ask a Woman Who Knows (Sm) [SACD] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"SP4 Ruediger Richter (Columbus, Georgia), 4th Bn., 503 Inf., 173 Abn Bde (Separate), lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? SGT. Daniel E. Spencer (Bend, Oregon) stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills in Long Khanh Province." By Pfc. L. Paul Epley, 1966. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

Be Wise With Medicines : Ask Your Pharmacist How / American Pharmaceutical Association. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Medicines can affect driving : Check The Labels Or Ask Your Doctor. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A skeptical but timid parent goes to ask why the board ... Credit: Library of Congress.

She always stood waiting until he came near enough to ask "well, what did they teach you today?". Credit: Library of Congress.

Whatsoever wouldst thou ask, Salome?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ask Papa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Thurgood Marshall (r) and Spottswood W. Robinson III, half-length portrait, facing each other; in Washington, D.C. to ask the Supreme Court to end school segregation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Messenger from Pine Camp stops to ask directions in the newly acquired Pine Camp expansion. New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Uncle Sam says - garden to cut food costs Ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for a free bulletin on gardening - it's food for thought / / A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They are ready to tell you, that it deserves death only to ask after safety. (Second Treatise of Government)

In all these battles it sees itself compelled to appeal to the proletariat, to ask for its help, and thus, to drag it into the political arena. (reference)

In case at the end of the sixth year France shall consider that the progress made in the improvement of the port of Strasburg still requires a prolongation of this temporary regime, she may ask for such prolongation from the Central Rhine Commission, which may grant an extension for a period not exceeding three years. (reference)

There is however an important question we must ask ourselves. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But if you want to shew him any attention, my dear, ask him to come and dine with us some day.

I hoped, but in vain, that this would satisfy her, and that she would ask no more questions

Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer

"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water."

What is it that I ask for now

I will ask you now, all of you, to repeat after me the act of contrition, kneeling here in this humble chapel in the presence of God.

The better that your lordship please to ask.

Ask anybody where the Hooper ranch is.

Both he and his company would often descend to ask me questions, and receive my answers

It may be vain to ask why the imagination will not be reconciled to flesh and fat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Ask for written instructions. (references)

Ask yourself the following questions. (references)

Ask people to speak louder, but not shout. (references)

Business

Japanese customers may ask for adjustment for such sizes. (references)

They usually ask for several quotations and select the best offer. (references)

Within this period SCT can ask the applicant to submit more documentation. (references)

Children

Netherlands

Education is free for children between 4 and 16, although schools may ask for a voluntary contribution from parents. (references)

Ghana

In addition teachers often withhold material during their regular lessons and ask students to pay additional fees for after-hours "tutoring" in those subjects as a way to supplement their incomes. (references)

India

In January, the NHRC wrote to the chief ministers of all states to ask them to abide by recommendations to remove all persons with mental illness from ordinary jails; however, by year's end, the directive had not been implemented. (references)

Civil Liberties

Taiwan

There is no law under which noncitizens may ask for asylum, and there were no applications for refugee status during the year. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Christians only may ask that child custody and child support be adjudicated in civil courts as an alternative to religious courts. (references)

Belarus

For example, a public figure who has been criticized for poor performance in office may ask the prosecutor to sue the newspaper that printed the criticism. (references)

Economic History

Norway

ASK and Davis produce multi-media projectors and digital displays. (references)

Honduras

U.S. businesses should ask their attorney about the need for an EIA. (references)

Jamaica

The prime minister may ask the governor general to call elections sooner, however. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

Detainees may also ask for a hearing before a judge. (references)

Haiti

Occasionally parents ask a judge to imprison a delinquent child. (references)

Tunisia

Police may stop anyone at anytime and ask for their identity card. (references)

Minorities

Central African Republic

When serious social or political conflicts have arisen, simultaneous prayer ceremonies have been held in churches, temples, and mosques to ask for divine assistance. (references)

Political Economy

MEXICO

Any party may ask the commission to reconvene to consider a special increase. (references)

Israel

If this occurs, the President can ask the current Prime Minister to form a new government. (references)

Trade

Mexico

Most Mexican distributors ask for opening account to pay for imported goods. (references)

Uk

British Buyers will generally ask for 60, 90 or 180 days credit, depending on the industry sector in which they trade. (references)

Mexico

For this reason, most Mexican customers ask for financing from the manufacturer and/or distributor on 60 or 90-day terms. (references)

Travel

Uae

Never ask about a man's wife. (references)

Kuwait

Ask for the name, action and side effects of any medication prescribed. (references)

Austria

When ordering beverages, ask for local brands, which are less expensive and usually quite good. (references)

Women

Iceland

Each year approximately 100 women ask for temporary lodging at the women's shelter, while 300 to 400 women and children seek assistance at the counseling center. (references)

Kuwait

The police and the courts generally seek to resolve family disputes informally and may ask the offending spouse to sign a statement affirming that he agrees to end the abuse. (references)

Chile

Employers do not have the right to ask women to take pregnancy tests prior to hiring them, although the La Morada Corporation for Women has received reports that the practice continues in some companies. (references)

Worker Rights

Djibouti

Some employers ask employees to work up to 12 hours per day and pay them an additional wage. (references)

Syria

Unions have the right to litigate disputes over work contracts and other workers' interests with employers and may ask for binding arbitration. (references)

Ghana

When inspectors find infractions of child labor laws, they generally inform the employers about the provisions of the law and ask them to make changes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ask": ask a blessing ♦ ask a boon of smb. ♦ ask a favor of smb. ♦ ask a favour ♦ ask a favour of smb. ♦ ask a parliamentary question ♦ ask a person's permission to ♦ ask a question ♦ ask a riddle ♦ ask about ♦ ask about the price ♦ ask advice ♦ ask after ♦ ask after smb. ♦ ask again ♦ ask along ♦ ask around ♦ ask back ♦ ask for ♦ ask for a rise ♦ ask for alms ♦ ask for directions ♦ ask for help ♦ ask for it ♦ ask for leave ♦ ask for mercy ♦ ask for permission ♦ ask for permission to be absent ♦ ask for quarter ♦ ask for smb. ♦ ask for smb.'s hand ♦ ask for smth. back ♦ ask for the doctor! ♦ ask for the impossible ♦ ask for the moon ♦ ask for trouble ♦ ask in ♦ ask leave ♦ ask leave of smb. ♦ ask me another ♦ ask of ♦ ask one for ♦ ask out ♦ ask over ♦ ask pardon ♦ ask permission ♦ ask permission to do smth. ♦ ask permission to speak ♦ ask price ♦ ask question ♦ ask questions ♦ ask questions to ♦ ask round ♦ ask smb. a question ♦ ask smb. for advice ♦ ask smb. in ♦ ask smb. out ♦ ask smb. the way ♦ ask smb. to be seated ♦ ask smb. to dinner ♦ ask smb. up ♦ ask smb.'s permission ♦ ask smth. of smb. ♦ ask the banns ♦ ask the time ♦ ask the way ♦ ask to be excused ♦ ask to dance ♦ ask to see ♦ ask to sit down ♦ ask too much ♦ ask too much of ♦ don't ask for it ♦ don't ask me! ♦ if you ask me ♦ may i ask you if? ♦ see ask ♦ write to ask. Additional references.

Beginning with "ask": ask-closer, ask-price.

Ending with "ask": bid-ask.

Afrikaans

vra (ask for, beg, bid, request). (various references)

Albanian

pyes (care, demand, enquire, inquire, interrogate, query, question, quiz). (various references)

Arabic 

طلب (call in, to search), ‏تطلب (call, call for, claim, demand, exact, need, require, take, want), ‏سأل (beg, call, call on, enquire, inquire, question, quiz, request, shout, speak), ‏طلب (appeal, application, call, call for, demand, desire, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, require, requisition, rush order, seek, tune), ‏إلتمس (beg, beseech, canvass, crave, cry, implore, petition, plead, request, solicit, sue, woo). (various references)

Aymara

mayiña (to ask for), jisct'aña (to ask). (various references)

Basque

galdetu. (various references)

Blackfoot

sopowahtsi'si (to ask a question), okamanii (to ask permission). (various references)

Breton

goulenn (to ask). (various references)

Bulgarian 

каня (invite, kite, mean), моля (adjure, beg, implore, invoke, please, pray, request, solicit, supplicate), задавам (put), поръчвам (bespeak, order, tell, write for), поканвам (bid, call in, call on, have, invite, offer), помолвам (beg, entreat), питам (query, question), искам (call for, choose, demand, desire, like, list, please, postulate, request, require, seek, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would). (various references)

Catalan

preguntar (to ask). (various references)

Chinese 

要求 (Asked, Asking, Demanded, Demanding, require, required, requirement, requirements, Requiring), 要 (coerce, demand, important, must, request, to be going to, to want, vital). (various references)

Croatian

molio. (various references)

Czech

zeptat se (inquire, query), vyžadovat (call for, claim, exact, involve, necessitate, require, stipulate, take), tázat se, ptát se (inquire), prosit (beg, beseech, implore, obtest, petition, plead, pray, solicit), pozvat (bid, call, invite), požádat (ask for, call), otázat se (query), žádat (apply, claim, demand, invite, petition, postulate, pray, request, require, solicit, want, wish). (various references)

Danish

spørge, bede (ask for, beet, beg, bid, pray, request). (various references)

Dutch

vragen (ask for, beg, bid, invite, request). (various references)

Esperanto

demandi. (various references)

Faeroese

spyrja, biðja um (ask for, beg, bid, book, order, request), biðja (ask for, beg, bid, pray, request). (various references)

Farsi 

پرسیدن (Query, Question), طلبیدن (Crave, Invite, Seek), خواهش کردن , خواستن (Beg, Bone, Call, Choose, Desire, Intend, Solicit, Want, Will, Wish), جویاشدن (Inquire), دعوت کردن (Bid, Invite), برای چیزی بی تاب شدن . (various references)

Finnish

pyytää (ask for, beg, bid, catch, entreat, request, urgently request), kysyä (inquire, require). (various references)

Flemish

vragen (to ask). (various references)

French

demander (ask for, asking, to ask), demandez. (various references)

Frisian

freegje, fersykje (ask for, beg, bid, request). (various references)

Galician

preguntar. (various references)

German

fragen (interrogate, queries, query, question, questions, to ask, to interrogate, to request), bitten (appeal, ask for, ask request, beg, beseech, bid, invite, petition, petitions, plead, pleading, prithee, request, solicit, solicitation, Sue, to ask request, to please, to request), verlangen (anxiety, appetite, appetites, ask for, ask to see, call for, call out for, craving, demand, desire, hankering, itch, long for, longing, lust, postulate, request, require, requisition, stipulate, to demand, to require, urge, want, yearn, yearning), auffordern (ask to dance, challenge, invite, request, summon, to invite, to summon), anfragen (enquire, inquire). (various references)

Greek 

ρωτώ (inquire), παρακαλώ (beg, beseech, by all means, go ahead, implore, petition, plead, please, pray, request, solicit, urge, you are welcome), ζητώ (ask for, beg, beg for, call for, charge, demand, look for, postulate, put in for, query, quest, request, search, seek, solicit), ερωτώ (inquire, interrogate, query, quest, question, quiz). (various references)

Guarani

rejerure (you ask), japorandu (we ask). (various references)

Haitian Creole

mande (asking). (various references)

Hebrew 

להזמין (invite, send for), לבקש (beg, demand, desire, request, seek, supplicate), ביקש (request). (various references)

Hungarian

kérdez (interrogate, quaere, question, to ask, to interrogate, to question, to quiz). (various references)

Icelandic

spyrja, biðja um (ask for, beg, bid, request), biðja (ask for, beg, bid, request). (various references)

Indonesian

mengajak (invite), menanyakan (inquire), mempersilakan (invite), bertanya. (various references)

Inuktitut

apirivaa (to ask). (various references)

Irish

fiafraigh. (various references)

Italian

domandare (ask for, demand, inquire, request, require), chiedere (ask for, beg, bid, charge, demand, desire, enquire, inquire, move, plead, request, require, seek, to ask, to ask for, wonder), invitare (bid, invite, summon). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聞く (to ask, to hear, to listen), 請う (to ask, to invite, to request), 聴く (to ask, to hear, to listen), 断る (to ask leave, to decline, to dismiss, to inform, to refuse), 伺う (to ask, to be told, to hear, to implore, to inquire, to visit), 尋ねる (to ask, to enquire), 仰ぐ (to ask for, to depend on, to drink, to look up, to respect, to revere, to seek, to take). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じちょうをのぞむ (to ask for prudence), えつをこう (to ask for a revision), こいとる (to ask for and receive), ことわる (to ask leave, to decline, to dismiss, to excuse oneself, to inform, to refuse, to reject, to turn down), りゆうをたずねる (to ask the reason), あおぐ (to ask for, to depend on, to drink, to fan, to flap, to look up, to respect, to revere, to seek, to take), もうしうける (to accept, to ask for, to charge), ごいけんをうかがう (to ask the opinion of), じょげんをあおぐ (to ask for advice), いざなう (to ask, to call, to induce, to invite, to lure, to tempt), みまう (to ask after, to visit), みちをきく (to ask the way), とう (and the like, be frozen over, building, cane, child, congeal, counter for large animals, engraving tool, et cetera, etc., foolishness, freeze, ground spider, knife, pagoda, party, place, rattan, saber, section, servant, sickle, steal, sugar, sword, T'ang-Dynasty, to accuse, to ask, to charge, to question, tower, without regard to), といかける (to ask a question), といかえす (to ask again, to ask back), といをかける (to ask a question of), よびたてる (to ask someone to come, to call out), ききいただく (to ask, to receive a hearing), たのむ (to ask, to beg, to request), ただす (to adjust, to amend, to ascertain, to ask a person about, to correct, to query, to redress, to reform, to straighten, to verify), おききいただく (to ask), ききなおす (to ask again, to listen again), そなう (to ask, to call, to induce, to invite, to lure, to tempt), ききづらい (difficult to ask, difficult to hear), こう (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), ききかえす (to ask again, to ask in return, to listen repeatedly), たずねる (to ask, to enquire, to visit), ききわすれる (to forget to ask), ききゅう (ask for, aspiring to, attempt, balloon, demand, emergency, furlough, leave, seek), きく (chrysanthemum, compass and ruler, fear, misgivings, opening line, opening line of apoem, rule, standard, to ask, to be effective, to hear, to listen), さそいあう (to ask each other), うかがう (to ask, to be told, to hear, to implore, to inquire, to see the situation, to visit), うかがいをたてる (to ask for someone's opinion, to inquire of, to invoke an oracle), ききにくい (difficult to hear, hesitating to ask). (various references)

Korean 

물으십시요. (various references)

Luganda

n'okubuuza (and asking, and to ask). (various references)

Luxembourgish

froen. (various references)

Malagasy

manontany (to ask). (various references)

Malay

minta. (various references)

Manx

keishtey (interrogate; asking, interrogation, question, questioning), feyshtey (catechise, examination, examine, question). (various references)

Maya

kaah-chi' (to ask). (various references)

Norwegian

spørre (asking, enquire, inquire, quiz). (various references)

Papiamen

suplicá (ask for, beg, bid, request), puntra, pidi. (various references)

Pidgin English

ask (to ask). (various references)

Pig Latin

askay.(various references)

Polish

pytać, prosić (ask for, beg, bid, request). (various references)

Portuguese

perguntar (ask questions, demand, enquire, inquire, put, query, quiz, to ask). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

perguntar (to ask), pedir (to ask, to ask for, to order). (various references)

Quechua

tapuy (to ask). (various references)

Romanian

cere (apply for, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, challenge, charge, claim, command, court, demand, desire, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, necessitate, petition, request, require, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge), întreba (call for, enquire, examine, inquire, query, question, wonder). (various references)

Romansch

dumandar (to ask). (various references)

Romany

phoocshàv (to ask), molnàv (to ask for). (various references)

Russian 

спрашивать (asked [], enquire, inquire, queried, query, querying, question). (various references)

Scottish

iarr (be willing to, look, request, search : dh'iarradh, seek, want, was, wish). (various references)

Sepedi

kgopela (to ask). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatražiti, zamoliti (call on, request), pozvati (call, call in, call on, call up, invite), pitati (query, question), moliti (adjure, beseech, pray, request, sue). (various references)

Shona

-kumbira (to ask for), -bvunza (to ask a question). (various references)

Sicilian

dummanari (to ask for), dumannari (to ask). (various references)

Somali

weydiiyo (ask you). (various references)

Sotho

kopa. (various references)

Spanish

preguntar (ask about, ask after, ask for, asking for, enquire, examine, grill, inquire, query, question, to ask for, treat, wonder), pedir (apply for, ask for, beg, bid, book, call for, charge, crave, demand, indent for, inquire, invite, live off, live on, order, postulate for, put upon, request, require, reserve, seek, sue for, summon, supplicate, tell off, to ask for, to order, treat), solicitar (apply, apply for, ask for, beg, bid, demand, go in for, hustle, make an application for, put in, request, seek, solicit), invitar (ask along, ask back, ask out, ask round, have down, have up, invite, invite out, invite over, set up, take out), demandar (appeal to, ask for, beg, bid, claim, demand, entreat, pursue, request, Sue). (various references)

Sranan

aksi (axe, question), begi (ask for, beg, bid, pray, prayer, request). (various references)

Swahili

kuulizia (to ask about, to ask for), kuuliza (to ask). (various references)

Swazi

kú-búta (to ask). (various references)

Swedish

fråga (ask questions, case, inquire, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, matter, point, quaere, query, question), bedja (ask for, beg, beseech, bid, entreat, invite, plead, pray, request, supplicate), be (ask for, beg, invite, plead, pray, prey, request, supplicate). (various references)

Tagalog

nagtátanóng, makahingi, magtanong, kahilíngan (ask for, beg, bid, request), itanóng, hilíng (ask for, beg, bid, request). (various references)

Tahitian

ani (to ask). (various references)

Thai

เชิญ, บอกราคา (quote), ถาม (enquire of), ต้องการ (exact, lack, like, need, require, take), ขอร้อง (beg, hustle, obsecrate, request, summon). (various references)

Tswana

kopa. (various references)

Turkish

sormak (ask about, demand, enquire, inquire, pose, propose, query). (various references)

Turkmen 

soramak (question), eяgermek (inquire about), dilemek (pray, wish), зintgemek (inquire). (various references)

Ukrainian

спитати, хотіти бачить, вимагати (call for, challenge, charge, claim, cry for, demand, extort, importune, necessitate, postulate, racketeer, require, sweat out, want, wring), запрошувати (bid, book, call in, indite, invite), запитувати (demand, enquire, inquire, interrogate, query), просити (apply, beg, beseech, bid, crave, desire, obsecrate, request, seek), призначати ціну, попросити, питати (enquire, inquire), довідуватися (ask about, ask after, consult, discover, inquire, query whether, sound out). (various references)

Welsh

gofyn (demand, require, requirement). (various references)

Xhosa

ukubuza (To ask). (various references)

Zulu

-cela (ask for, beg, bid, request), -buza. (various references)

arrogans, arrogantem, arrogantes, arrogantia, disquaerere, inrogaverit, interroga, interrogabant, interrogabat, interrogabis, interrogabit, interrogabo, interrogabunt, interrogandum, interrogans, interrogant, interrogantes, interrogantis, interrogare, interrogarent, interrogaretur, interrogas, interrogasset, interrogasti, interrogastis, interrogat, interrogate, interrogatus, interrogatusque, interrogaverint, interrogaveris, interrogaverit, interrogavero, interrogaverunt, interrogavi, interrogavimus, interrogavique, interrogavit, interrogavitque, interrogemus, interrogent, interroges, interroget, interrogo, petam, petatis, pete, petebant, petens, petent, petentes, petenti, petentibus, petere, peteremus, peterent, peteret, petet, petetis, petierat, petieratis, petierimus, petierint, petieris, petierit, petieritis, petierunt, petii, petiit, petimus, petimusque, petisses, petisti, petistis, petit, petite, petitis, petitoque, petivi, petivit, petivitque, peto, petunt, poposceris, poscas, poscenti, poscis, postula, postulabam, postulabant, postulabat, postulabit, postulans, postulant, postulantes, postulantur, postulare, postularet, postularit, postulas, postulassent, postulasset, postulasti, postulat, postulatarum, postulate, postulato, postulatus, postulaverat, postulaverunt, postulavi, postulavimus, postulavit, postulet, postulo, quaeram, quaeramus, quaerant, quaerantur, quaeras, quaerat, quaeratis, quaeratur, quaere, quaerebamus, quaerebant, quaerebat, quaerebatis, quaerebatur, quaerebaturque, quaeremus, quaerendo, quaerendum, quaerens, quaerent, quaerentem, quaerentes, quaerenti, quaerentibus, quaerentis, quaerentium, quaerere, quaererem, quaererent, quaererentur, quaereret, quaeres, quaeresque, quaeret, quaeretis, quaeretur, quaerimus, quaeris, quaerit, quaerite, quaeritis, quaeritur, quaero, quaerunt, quaesierat, quaesierimus, quaesierint, quaesieris, quaesierit, quaesieritis, quaesieritque, quaesierunt, quaesissent, quaesistis, quaesita, quaesitum, quaesivi, quaesivimus, quaesivique, quaesivit, quaesivitque, quaeso, quærere, requirere, roga, rogabamus, rogabant, rogabat, rogabis, rogabit, rogabitis, rogabitque, rogabo, rogabunt, rogamus, rogandum, rogans, rogant, rogante, rogantes, rogantibus, rogare, rogaremus, rogaret, rogas, rogasti, rogastis, rogat, rogate, rogati, rogaveris, rogavero, rogaverunt, rogaveruntque, rogavi, rogavimus, rogavit, rogavitque, rogent, roges, roget, rogetis, rogo, sciscitabatur, sciscitabor, sciscitantibus, sciscitati, sciscitatus, sciscitetur, scisco. (various references)

jaidhyañtâi. (various references)

acsian, ascian, biddan, frignan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "ask": askance, askant, asked, asker, askers, askeses, askesis, askew, askewness, askewnesses, asking, askings, askoi, askos, asks. (additional references)

Words ending with "ask": antimask, bask, cask, damask, facemask, flask, mask, multitask, outask, outtask, overtask, photomask, subtask, task, unmask. (additional references)

Words containing "ask": alaska, alaskas, antimasks, baaskaap, baaskaaps, basked, basket, basketball, basketballs, basketful, basketfuls, basketlike, basketries, basketry, baskets, basketsful, basketwork, basketworks, basking, basks, breadbasket, breadbaskets, casked, casket, casketed, casketing, caskets, casking, casks, casky, damasked, damasking, damasks, facemasks, flasket, flaskets, flasks, galligaskins, gasket, gaskets, gaskin, gasking, gaskings, gaskins, handbasket, handbaskets, maskable, masked, maskeg, maskegs, masker. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ask" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aak, Abk, Acak, acj, ack, acsc, aesc, Aesch, aik, ajs, ak, akg, Akh, Akko, akm, ako, akp, aks, Aksu, alk, Alsek, Amk, Amsk, amsl, ank, aok, apk, arsk, Asakku, Asako, asc, Asch, Ascj, ascp, asf, asg, asi, asik, aske, Askja, Asko, asn, aso, asok, asq, Assc, Asscn, assi, asu, Asuka, asv, asw, asx, asy, Atko, Avk, awk, Awka, Axkxt, aza, azi, azl, azm, azs, azz, eask, Escc, Esj, esk, Essc, fasc, fask, gask, Ifsc, isc, isk, issc, jask, Kamsky, ksa, lasok, Lavski, nasc, nask, Osk, Passk, rsk, sahk, Sak, sako, sk, tsk, uask, Uks, usc, vaks, vask, vsc, Wasik, zaks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kas, ska.

-1 letter: as, ka.

+1 letter: arks, asks, auks, bask, cask, daks, kaas, kabs, kaes, kafs, kats, kays, keas, koas, kvas, mask, oaks, okas, sack, sake, saki, sank, sark, skag, skas, skat, skua, soak, task, yaks.

+2 letters: akees, amoks, ankhs, ankus, araks, asked, asker, askew, askoi, askos, backs, bakes, balks, banks, barks, basks, beaks, cakes, calks, carks, casks, casky, darks, dawks, dhaks, eskar, fakes, flask, gawks, hacks, haiks, hakes, hanks, harks, hawks, ikats, jacks, jakes, jauks, kadis, kagus, kaifs, kails, kains, kakas, kakis, kales, kames, kanas, kanes, kaons, kapas, kaphs, karns, karst, karts, kasha, katas, kavas, kayos, kbars, khafs, khans, khats, kinas, kivas, knaps, knars, koans, kolas, kvass, kyaks, kyars, kyats, lacks, lakes, lakhs, larks, leaks, macks, makes, makos, marks, masks, narks, okays, okras, packs, paiks, parks, peaks, pikas, racks, rakes, rakis, ranks, sacks, saker, sakes, sakis, samek, sarks, sarky, shack, shake, shako, shaky, shank, shark, skags, skald, skate, skats, skean, skoal, skuas, slack, slake, slank, smack, snack, snake, snaky, snark, sneak, soaks, spake, spank, spark, speak, stack, stake, stalk, stank, stark, steak, swank, tacks, takas, takes, talks, tanks, tasks, teaks, ukase, wacks, wakes, walks, warks, wauks, wekas, yacks, yanks.