ask

verb
ăks

To request or petition.

Other meanings

To (information, or an answer to a question).
To or enquire of (a person).

Example sentences

“Can I ask you a few personal questions?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Did she ask you to do that?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I'll have to ask my lawyer about that.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "āscian".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ask” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.