"ask the question" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-ask the question.ogg [Australia] Forms: asks the question [present, singular, third-person], asking the question [participle, present], asked the question [participle, past], asked the question [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. (cricket, informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-ask_the_question-en-verb-ELNE3m-3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 55 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question. Related terms: pop the question
    Sense id: en-ask_the_question-en-verb-0LGYKIcI Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English predicates: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 55

Inflected forms

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