Dictionary

ask for en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. To request; to order.
   • I asked for a glass of water.
   • Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness. 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2019:
2. To increase the likelihood of something undesirable by persisting in some action; to invite.
   • If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.

Forms

Deriveds

ask for the moon · ask for seconds

Relateds

beg

Synonyms

request

Translations (38)

az istəmək (request) · arz طلب (request) · ru напра́шиваться (to invite upon oneself) · es pedir (request) · tr istemek (request) · lv prasīt (request) · eo peti (request) · ar طَلَبَ (request) · ru проси́ть (request) · eu eskatu (request) · fr demander (request) · fa درخواست کردن (request) · et paluma (request) · cs požádat o (request) · el ζητώ (request) · qu mañay (request) · yue 搏 (to invite upon oneself) · la petō (request) · ar سَأَلَ (request) · egy d:bH-b-H-A2 (request) · es buscárselo (to invite upon oneself) · he ביקש (request) · ru напроси́ться (to invite upon oneself) · grc αἰτέω (request) · ru попроси́ть (request) · hu kér (request) · fi pyytää (request) · ca demanar (request) · ajp طلب (request) · az xahiş etmək (request) · pt pedir (request) · osx ābiddian (request) · la requīrō (request) · lo ຂໍ (request) · la poscō (request) · lv lūgt (request) · it chiedere (request) · sv fråga efter (request)