asks

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, transitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
   • I asked her age.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
   • I asked her (for) her age.
3. (transitive, usually) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
   • to ask for a second helping at dinner
4. (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
   • Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.
5. To request permission (to do something).
   • She asked to see the doctor.
6. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
   • to ask a question

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