"ask out" meaning in English

See ask out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-ask out.ogg Forms: asks out [present, singular, third-person], asking out [participle, present], asked out [participle, past], asked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ask out (third-person singular simple present asks out, present participle asking out, simple past and past participle asked out)
  1. (transitive) To invite somebody, especially on a date. Tags: transitive Translations (invite): pyytää ulos (Finnish), ausführen (German), zu einer Verabredung einladen (German), umówić się (Polish), umawiać się (Polish), zaprosić na randkę [perfective] (Polish), zapraszać na randkę (Polish), convidar para sair (Portuguese), chamar para sair (Portuguese), приглаша́ть (priglašátʹ) (alt: особенно на свида́ние (svidánije)) (Russian), invitar a salir (Spanish), bjuda ut (Swedish), akyat ng ligaw (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "invite",
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      "sense": "invite",
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      "sense": "invite",
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      "sense": "invite",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "invite",
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      "word": "zaprosić na randkę"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "invite",
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      "sense": "invite",
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