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.”

ask (related)

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

inquire

To ask questions about (something); investigate or analyze:

invite

To ask for the presence or participation of:

pose a question

To inquire

make a request

To inquire

raise a question

To inquire

call for

(Figuratively) To request, demand.

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

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

institute an inquiry

To inquire

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)

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.

require

To be in need of; need

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:

pump

To get (information) from a person in this way

give the third degree

To inquire

charge

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

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

probe

To pose questions or conduct an investigation:

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.

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.)

want to know

To inquire

urge

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

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.

apply for

To inquire

angle-for

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

call upon

To inquire

scour

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

quiz

To quiz is defined as to test knowledge.

put the screws on

To inquire

turn the heat on

To inquire

claim

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

make application

To inquire

apply to

To inquire

requisition

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

suggest

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

supplicate

To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

catechize

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

make inquiry

To inquire

order

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

Enquire is defined as to ask.

exact

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

expect

To consider obligatory or required.

implore

To beg for urgently:

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

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)

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

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:

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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