“asks” is a form of
ask
UK /ɑːsk/ · US /æsk/ verb, noun, proper noun
Forms asks asking asked aks aksed askest askedst akses asketh asken aksing ax aske asker ascar askerd
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question). “I asked her age.”
- verb (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person). “I asked her (for) her age.”
- verb (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for). “to ask for a second helping at dinner”
- verb (transitive) To request (someone to do something). “Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.”
- verb To request permission (to do something). “She asked to see the doctor.”
- verb To put forward (a question) to be answered. “to ask a question”
- verb 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?”
- verb To invite. “Don’t ask them to the wedding.”
- noun An act or instance of asking.
- noun Something asked or asked for. “I know this is a big ask, but …”
- noun An asking price.
- noun (Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
- noun (also Scotland) An eft; newt.
- noun A lizard.
- proper noun (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
- proper noun A surname from Swedish.
Synonyms
request inquire enquire require expect necessitate postulate need take involve call for demand
Etymology
From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).
From Middle English aske, arske, ascre, from Old English āþexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).
From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”). Doublet of Ash.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - -often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
- verb To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. xxxiv. 12.
- verb To request or petition; --usually folllowed by for; as, to ask for bread.
- verb To make inquiry, or seek by request; --sometimes followed by after.
Etymology [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. ascian, acsian; akin to OS. escon, OHG. eiscon, Sw. aska, Dan. æske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. jëskóti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. *5.]
Etymology [See 2d Asker.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ask”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details