Ask synonyms
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To ask (a person) to do something:
To ask questions.
To make objection to; call into question
To ask questions or express doubt
To ask to know or be informed of
beg leave
To inquire
pry into
To inquire
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To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
To ask for by prayer or supplication; beg for imploringly
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.”
To ask questions about (something); investigate or analyze:
To ask for the presence or participation of:
pose a question
To inquire
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make a request
To inquire
raise a question
To inquire
file for
To inquire
Also used with for: request
To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires.
put questions to
To inquire
Bid is defined as command or to offer a certain sum of money for something.
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institute an inquiry
To inquire
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)
To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
To increase in size, quantity, or worth:
Seek is defined as to search or look for something.
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To be in need of; need
Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.
To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
To get (information) from a person in this way
give the third degree
To inquire
To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)
To call together; convene:
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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
To pose questions or conduct an investigation:
(Colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
To importune (a debtor) for payment:
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put the bite on
To inquire
To ask earnestly; beg; beseech; implore
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
Propose is defined as to suggest or recommend or to ask for someone's hand in marriage.
To put forth; assert (a claim, argument, etc.)
want to know
To inquire
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Urge is defined as to force or push to stimulate someone to take action.
To inquire
hope for
To expect
To include by necessity; entail; require
(Now Rare) To compel; require; force
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
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Claim means to take or assert ownership of something or to state something as true.
make application
To inquire
apply to
To inquire
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
frame a question
To inquire
require an answer
To inquire
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To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
To teach, esp. in the principles of religion, by the method of questions and answers
make inquiry
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.
talk to (related)
speak-to (related)
instruct (related)
ask-for (related)
decide (related)
discuss-with (related)
want (related)
ask about (related)
advise (related)
inform (related)
talking-to (related)
speaking to (related)
refer (related)
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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