Ask synonyms
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To ask (a person) to do something:
To ask questions.
beg leave
To inquire
To make objection to; call into question
pry into
To inquire
To ask for by prayer or supplication; beg for imploringly
To ask questions or express doubt
To ask to know or be informed of
make a request
To inquire
pose a question
To inquire
file for
To inquire
To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
To ask questions about (something); investigate or analyze:
Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.
To order or cause a person or entity to carry out a course of action; more generally, to govern an enterprise or activity. Of a judge, the giving of a verbal instruction to a witness or jury to behave in a certain way, as in, “the witness is directed to answer yes or no to the questions” or “the jury is directed to disregard the defendant’s outburst.”
put questions to
To inquire
institute an inquiry
To inquire
Bid is defined as command or to offer a certain sum of money for something.
To pose questions or conduct an investigation:
To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)
To approach or accost someone with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
To test by carefully questioning in order to find out the knowledge, skill, qualifications, etc. of (a student, witness, job applicant, etc.)
raise a question
To inquire
necessary (related)
To have as a need or prerequisite
over (related)
Again; another time; repeated(ly)
warn (related)
To tell (a person) of a danger, coming evil, misfortune, etc.; put on guard; caution
(Colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
To importune (a debtor) for payment:
put the bite on
To inquire
To get (information) from a person in this way
give the third degree
To inquire
To inquire
To ask earnestly; beg; beseech; implore
To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
hope for
To expect
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
To increase in size, quantity, or worth:
Seek is defined as to search or look for something.
To include by necessity; entail; require
(Now Rare) To compel; require; force
To be in need of; need
To ask for the presence or participation of:
apply for
To inquire
call upon
To inquire
To wash or clear as by a swift current of water; flush
To quiz is defined as to test knowledge.
put the screws on
To inquire
turn the heat on
To inquire
Claim means to take or assert ownership of something or to state something as true.
Propose is defined as to suggest or recommend or to ask for someone's hand in marriage.
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
To call together; convene:
To put forth; assert (a claim, argument, etc.)
Also used with for: request
To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires.
frame a question
To inquire
require an answer
To inquire
want to know
To inquire
To teach, esp. in the principles of religion, by the method of questions and answers
make inquiry
To inquire
make application
To inquire
apply to
To inquire
To request to be supplied with:
answer (antonym)
(Intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
refute (antonym)
To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:
deny (antonym)
To deny is defined as to refuse to admit something, refuse to agree to something, refuse to acknowledge something or refuse to accept something.
beg (related)
To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner:
value (related)
To regard highly; esteem:
Enquire is defined as to ask.
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
To consider obligatory or required.
To beg for urgently:
To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
(Sports) To raise or lift a weight in a press.
ignore (antonym)
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
tell (antonym)
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
insist (antonym)
(With on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
To cross-examine is to question a witness for the opposite side in a court trial or someone who might have adverse interests to yours.
To issue a formal command, especially in a legal context.
To beseech is to ask for something earnestly or desperately.
To call is to make a sound intended to attract a person's attention, or is when an animal makes a special sound to attract other animals, or to use the telephone to contact someone.
To ask for earnestly; beg
To ask for; request
disinvite (antonym)
To rescind an invitation to:
reply (antonym)
To say or give as an answer:
Postulate is defined as to claim, demand or assert something as truth.
To have need of; require:
put-the-bee-on
(Slang, chiefly US) to beg; to borrow money from
Synonym Study
- Quiz , used esp. in schools, implies a short, selective questioning to test factual knowledge of some subject
- Catechize also denotes close questioning, but implies the expectation of certain fixed answers, esp. with reference to religious doctrine
- Question and interrogate imply the asking of a series of questions to question a witness, interrogate adding the further implication of systematic, often extensive, official examination to interrogate a prisoner of war
- Ask and the more formal inquire and query usually denote no more than the seeking of an answer or information, but query also often implies doubt as to the correctness of something the printer queried the spelling of several words
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