proposal of a question; request
inquire, question; make a request; put a question to; invite a person (e.g.: to a party, dinner, prom, etc.); set a price (e.g.: "Tom asked $5,000 for his grandmother's piano")
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Asking Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ask
of Ask
(n.)
The publishing of banns.
The publishing of banns.
(n.)
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
asking
\ask"ing\, n.
1. the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
2. the publishing of banns.
asking
adj : relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation [syn: interrogative, interrogatory, asking(a) ]
[ant: declarative, declarative] n : the verbal act of requesting [syn: request]
Gofyniad = n. an asking; question
Gofynol = a. inquisitive, asking
Noun
1. the verbal act of requesting
(synonym) request
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) notification, notice
Adjective
1. relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
(synonym) interrogative, interrogatory, asking(a)
Verb
1. inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
(synonym) inquire, enquire
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) pry
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
2. make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) request
(see-also) invite, ask in
3. direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
(hypernym) give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
(verb-group) inquire, enquire
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
4. consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
(synonym) require, expect
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) call
5. require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
(hypernym) demand
6. address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
(hypernym) address, turn to
(hyponym) question, query
(verb-group) inquire, enquire
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
7. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact
Asking Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. This information may be provided with an answer.
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