asking

n. proposal of a question; request

v. inquire, question; make a request; put a question to; invite a person (e.g.: to a party, dinner, prom, etc.); set a price (e.g.: "Tom asked $5,000 for his grandmother's piano")

A question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. This information is provided with an answer.Questions are normally put or asked using interrogative sentences. But they can also be put by imperative sentences, which normally express commands: "Tell me what 2 + 2 is"; conversely, some expressions, such as "Would you pass the butter?", have the grammatical form of questions but function as requests for action, not for answers. Although this interpretation may be a little more focused such a phrase as this, could theoretically, also be viewed not merely as a request, but as an observation of the other person's desire to comply with the request given.
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Noun
1. the verbal act of requesting
(synonym) request
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) notification, notice
Adjective
1. relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
(synonym) interrogative, interrogatory, asking(a)

Verb
1. inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
(synonym) inquire, enquire
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) pry
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
2. make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) request
(see-also) invite, ask in
3. direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"
(hypernym) give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
(verb-group) inquire, enquire
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
4. consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
(synonym) require, expect
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) call
5. require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
(hypernym) demand
6. address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
(hypernym) address, turn to
(hyponym) question, query
(verb-group) inquire, enquire
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
7. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ask
  

(n.)
The publishing of banns.
  

(n.)
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
  

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