Definition von „ask“ auf Englisch

verb

1. To request or petition.

2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.

   • to ask a question
   • to ask a riddle

3. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

   • What price are you asking for the house?
   • It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland.

4. To invite.

   • Don’t ask them to the wedding.

5. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

6. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

noun

1. An act or instance of asking.

2. Something asked or asked for.

   • I know this is a big ask, but …

3. An asking price.

4. (Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.

noun

1. (UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.

2. (UK dialectal) A lizard.