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| Main Entry: |
ask
 [ask, ahsk] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit*, hunt for, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle, pick one's brains, pop the question, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request, roast, sweat* |
| Antonyms: | answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invite |
| Synonyms: | bid, call upon, propose, suggest, summon, urge |
| Antonyms: | disinvite, ignore |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
Example Sentences
- If the lawyer is not willing to ask the question openly, then he or she should not be permitted to ask it on the sly.
- Always spin your weakness into something positive if they ask that dreaded question about your weakness.
- Ask them to create new coloring pages for hammerheads.
| Main Entry: | beckon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call, signal, or lure |
| Synonyms: | allure, ask, attract, bid, coax, command, demand, draw, entice, gesticulate, gesture, invite, motion, nod, pull, sign, summon, tempt, wave |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry |
| Antonyms: | answer |
| Main Entry: | beseech |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
| Synonyms: | ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, phone, rally, request, ring up, subpoena, summon, telephone |
| Antonyms: | cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand or announce action |
| Synonyms: | appeal to, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, pray to, proclaim, require, requisition, set apart, solicit, summon |
| Antonyms: | stop |
| Main Entry: | catechize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct and question |
| Synonyms: | ask, cross-examine, drill, educate, examine, grill, inquire, interrogate, query, quiz, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | answer, listen |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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