"ask for" meaning in English

See ask for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: asks for [present, singular, third-person], asking for [participle, present], asked for [participle, past], asked for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ask for (third-person singular simple present asks for, present participle asking for, simple past and past participle asked for)
  1. To request. Synonyms: request Derived forms: ask for the moon, ask for seconds Related terms: beg Translations (request): αἰτέω (aitéō) (Ancient Greek), سَأَلَ (saʔala) (Arabic), طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) (Arabic), طلب (ṭalab) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), طلب (ṭálab) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), istəmək (Azerbaijani), xahiş etmək (Azerbaijani), eskatu (Basque), demanar (Catalan), požádat o [accusative] (Czech), d:bH-b-H-A2 (dbḥ) (Egyptian), peti (Esperanto), paluma (Estonian), pyytää (Finnish), demander (French), ζητώ (zitó) (Greek), ביקש (bikésh) (Hebrew), kér (Hungarian), chiedere (Italian), ຂໍ (khǭ) (Lao), petō (Latin), poscō (Latin), requīrō (Latin), lūgt (Latvian), prasīt (Latvian), ābiddian (Old Saxon), درخواست کردن (Persian), pedir (Portuguese), mañay (Quechua), проси́ть (prosítʹ) (Russian), pedir (Spanish), fråga efter (Swedish), istemek (Turkish)
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  2. To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite. Translations (to invite upon oneself): (bok³) (Cantonese), напра́шиваться (naprášivatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ask_for-en-verb-QdhoNjcq Disambiguation of 'to invite upon oneself': 42 58

Inflected forms

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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "peti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "paluma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "pyytää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "demander"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zitó",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "ζητώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aitéō",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "αἰτέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bikésh",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "ביקש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "kér"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "chiedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khǭ",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "ຂໍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "petō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "poscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "requīrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "lūgt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "prasīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "ābiddian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "درخواست کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "pedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "mañay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosítʹ",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "проси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "pedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "fråga efter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "request",
      "word": "istemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "roman": "bok³",
      "sense": "to invite upon oneself",
      "word": "搏"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprášivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to invite upon oneself",
      "word": "напра́шиваться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ask for"
}

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