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ast

ast is the pronunciation spelling of asked.

Meaning of asked

Adjective

asked (comparative more asked, superlative most asked)

  1. (UK, minced oath) Arsed (bothered; willing to make an effort).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: AST

AST

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Alaskan Standard Time.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Atlantic Standard Time.

Noun capitalized: AST

AST (countable and uncountable, plural ASTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of advanced supersonic transport.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of abstract syntax tree.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of aspartate transaminase.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of average shot time (“the average time taken by a player on each shot recorded using World Snooker scoring system”).
  5. (England, Wales, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of assured shorthold tenancy.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of alternating series test.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ast

Ast

  1. A surname.

Antonyms of ast

Forms of ast

pluralASTs

Questions about ast

What does ast mean?
Ast means a surname.
What is ast the pronunciation spelling of?
Ast is the pronunciation spelling of asked.
What part of speech is ast?
Ast can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near ast in the dictionary

  1. assyth
  2. assythement
  3. assythements
  4. assythment
  5. assythments
  6. ast
  7. ASTA
  8. astable
  9. astacein
  10. astacene
  11. astaciculture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ast (page history and authors); AST (page history and authors); Ast (page history and authors); asked (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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