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.”

require

To be in need of; need

call for

(Figuratively) To request, demand.

invite

To ask for the presence or participation of:

ask (related)

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

make a request

To inquire

raise a question

To inquire

pose a question

To inquire

file for

To inquire

put questions to

To inquire

institute an inquiry

To inquire

investigate

To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

raise

To increase in size, quantity, or worth:

seek

Seek is defined as to search or look for something.

Also used with for: request

To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires.

bid

Bid is defined as command or to offer a certain sum of money for something.

urge

Urge is defined as to force or push to stimulate someone to take action.

pump

To get (information) from a person in this way

give the third degree

To inquire

summon

To call together; convene:

solicit

To approach or accost someone with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.

warn (related)

To tell (a person) of a danger, coming evil, misfortune, etc.; put on guard; caution

quiz

To quiz is defined as to test knowledge.

sound-out

To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.

draw out

To use means to entice or force (an animal) from it's hole or similar hiding place; or, by extension, cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.

grill

(Colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

dun

To importune (a debtor) for payment:

put the bite on

To inquire

entreat

To ask earnestly; beg; beseech; implore

put

To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

examine

To test by carefully questioning in order to find out the knowledge, skill, qualifications, etc. of (a student, witness, job applicant, etc.)

necessary (related)

To have as a need or prerequisite

over (related)

Again; another time; repeated(ly)

want to know

To inquire

command

Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.

enjoin

To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:

probe

To pose questions or conduct an investigation:

charge

To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)

petition

To make a request, commonly in written form.

propose

Propose is defined as to suggest or recommend or to ask for someone's hand in marriage.

pose

To put forth; assert (a claim, argument, etc.)

worm out of

To inquire

hope for

To expect

entail

To imply or require.

involve

To include by necessity; entail; require

necessitate

(Now Rare) To compel; require; force

take

(Intransitive) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.

pray

To ask for by prayer or supplication; beg for imploringly

claim

Claim means to take or assert ownership of something or to state something as true.

scour

To wash or clear as by a swift current of water; flush

put the screws on

To inquire

turn the heat on

To inquire

supplicate

Supplicate is to humbly pray or beg for something.

answer (antonym)

To speak or write in response to:

expect

To consider likely or certain:

enquire

(Intransitive) To make an enquiry.

tell (related)

beg (related)

apply for

To inquire

angle-for

Used other than as an idiom: see angle,‎ for.

make application

To inquire

requisition

To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies or transport.

call upon

To inquire

suggest

To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration

exact

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

implore

To beg for urgently:

insist (antonym)

(With on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.

frame a question

To inquire

require an answer

To inquire

apply to

To inquire

importune

To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly

press

(Sports) To raise or lift a weight in a press.

ignore (antonym)

To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider

catechize

To teach, esp. in the principles of religion, by the method of questions and answers

talk to (related)

speak-to (related)

instruct (related)

discuss-with (related)

want (related)

inform (related)

talking-to (related)

speaking to (related)

refer (related)

make inquiry

To inquire

order

To request to be supplied with:

refute (antonym)

To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:

desire

To ask for; request

utter

To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved

disinvite (antonym)

To rescind an invitation to:

reply (antonym)

To say or give as an answer:

repudiate (antonym)

To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.

postulate

Postulate is defined as to claim, demand or assert something as truth.

need

To have need of; require:

ask-for (related)

decide (related)

ask about (related)

advise (related)

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.

cross-examine

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.

adjure

To issue a formal command, especially in a legal context.

apply

To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

beseech

To beseech is to ask for something earnestly or desperately.

call

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.

crave

To ask for earnestly; beg

value (related)

To regard highly; esteem:

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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