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ask for

ask for verb: to request; to order.

Verb

ask for (third-person singular simple present asks for, present participle asking for, simple past and past participle asked for)

  1. To request; to order.
    • I asked for a glass of water.
    • Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2019
    Synonyms:
    request
  2. To increase the likelihood of something undesirable by persisting in some action; to invite.
    • If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.

ask for meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

ask for in Tamil

வேண்டிப் பெறுதல், கேட்டிசின், அருத்தி, கேள்

ask for in Marathi

to ask for, request
मागणे māgṇe

ask for in Urdu

to ask for
مانگنا māṅgnā

ask for in Bengali

to ask for
মাঙ্গা maṅga
More languagesFewer languages
ask for in Sanskrit
अर्थ् arth
ask for in Assamese
খোজ khüz
ask for in Arabic
سَأَلَ saʔala, طَلَبَ ṭalaba
ask for in Persian
درخواست کردن

Synonyms of ask for

Forms of ask for

third-person singular presentasks for
present participleasking for
past participleasked for
pastasked for

Words formed from ask for

Questions about ask for

What does ask for mean?
Ask for means to request; to order.
What is ask for in Tamil?
Ask for in Tamil is வேண்டிப் பெறுதல், கேட்டிசின், அருத்தி. See Ask for meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ask for?
Ask for is a verb.
What is the past tense of ask for?
The past tense of ask for is asked for.

Words near ask for in the dictionary

  1. ask after
  2. ask around
  3. ask back
  4. ask box
  5. ask boxes
  6. ask for
  7. ask for it
  8. ask for someone's hand in marriage
  9. ask for the moon
  10. ask for trouble
  11. ask how high when someone says jump

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ask for (page history and authors); ask for (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मागणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); مانگنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); মাঙ্গা (Bengali) (page history and authors); अर्थ् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); খোজ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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