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Definition of Ask
Ask

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.

To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.

A water newt.

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Ask Quotations

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.
Heinrich Heine

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams

The most you get is what you ask for.
Phillip C. McGraw

You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. Edwards Deming

Ask Translations

ask in Afrikaans is vra
ask in Dutch is vragen
ask in German is fragen, verlangen, bitten, fragen, auffordern
ask in Latin is scisco
ask in Spanish is orar, rogar, preguntar, invitar, gana

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