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asks the question

asks the question is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ask the question.

Meaning of ask the question

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question.

Questions about asks the question

What is asks the question the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Asks the question is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ask the question.

Words near asks the question in the dictionary

  1. Asks Jeeves
  2. asks out
  3. asks over
  4. asks round
  5. asks the impossible
  6. asks the question
  7. askt
  8. Askvoll
  9. Askwith
  10. Askwiths
  11. asl

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