DICTOMETER

SPØRRE (Norwegian for "ask")

(ask, ask for, beg, bid, enquire, prompt, query, question, request, inquirir, orar, preguntar, rogar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   • Inquire
   • Enquire
   Definitions:
   • inquire about
   Examples:
   • I asked about their special today
   • He had to ask directions several times
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   Definitions:
   • make a request or demand for something to somebody
   Examples:
   • She asked him for a loan
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   Definitions:
   • direct or put
   • seek an answer to
   Examples:
   • Ask a question
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   • Require
   • Expect
   Definitions:
   • consider obligatory
   • request and expect
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   Definitions:
   • address a question to and expect an answer from
   Examples:
   • Ask your teacher about trigonometry
   • The children asked me about their dead grandmother
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Necessitate
   • Ask
   • Postulate
   • Need
   • Require
   • Take
   • Involve
   • Call for
   • Demand
   Definitions:
   • require as useful, just, or proper
   Examples:
   • 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 postulate a patient's consent
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   Definitions:
   • require or ask for as a price or condition
   Examples:
   • He is asking $200 for the table
   • The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage