Meaning of ask | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
   Norse
2. A surname from Swedish.
3. An act or instance of asking.
   informal
4. An eft; newt.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal, informal
5. Initialism of amplitude shift keying.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
6. Something asked or asked for.
   informal
7. A lizard.
   UK, dialectal, informal
8. To invite (someone) to a social engagement.
9. An asking price.
   informal
10. To persist in an action despite the likelihood that it will result in difficulty or punishment.
11. A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
    Internet, informal
12. ask for it, to invite problems by persisting in risky or annoying behavior. Also, ask for trouble.
13. to make inquiries about the health etc of. She asked after his father. vra na يَسأل عَن، يَسْتَفْسِر عَن питам за perguntar por ptát se na zdraví někoho sich erkundigen nach spørge efter; forhøre sig om ρωτώpreguntar por, interesarse por (järele) pärima دربارۀ سلامتی کسی پرسیدن tiedustella vointia demander des nouvelles de לִשְאוֹל לִשְלוֹם पूछताछ करना raspitivati se érdeklődik menanyakan inna eftir, spyrja frétta af e-m chiedere di ～の安否を尋ねる ...에게 문안하다 teirautis apjautāties bertanyakan tentan...
    etc
14. you may have (something) simply by asking for it; This table is yours for the asking. as jy dit wil hê بِناء عَلى الطَّلَب питане a pedido stačí říct zu haben bare du beder (om) αρκεί να (το) ζητήσεις con sólo pedirlo ilma pikemata بدست آوردن چیزی در صورت خواستن آن saada pyydettäessä il n'y a qu'à le demander לְבַּקָשָתך मांग treba samo zatražiti i dobit ćeš! csak kérni kell cuma-cuma, tinggal minta þarf ekki nema spyrja (basta chiedere) くれとさえ言えば 원한다면 vos paprašius, jei paprašysit ja vēlaties...
    This table is yours for the asking
15. vt. preguntar, interrogar, hacer preguntas; [about someone] preguntar por;to ___ for → [to request] pedir.
16. To put a question to: When we realized that we didn't know the answer, we asked the teacher.
17. To seek an answer to: ask a question.
18. To seek information about: asked directions.
19. To make a request of: asked me for a loan.

Equivalents

Examples

“To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.”

“That really does not seem much of an ask.”

“I know this is a big ask, but …”

“Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.”

“Answering 'asks' like this is one common way that Tumblr bloggers interact with their followers, so it is in the act of publicly answering these asks that I examine community building practices.”

“The following example from Black Mental Health illustrates an ask from an anonymous follower seeking social support: […]”

“Once the number of unanswered Asks in the inbox was over eight thousand, despite us deleting everything accumulated in the inbox once a year.”

“He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask.”

“We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).”

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