ask

ask is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

as - ask - associate

Verb

Plain form
ask

Third-person singular
asks

Past tense
asked

Past participle
asked

Present participle
asking

To ask is to look for an answer to a question by saying it.
She sure does ask a lot of questions!
To approach someone to see if they will do something.
Let me ask my mom if I can go.

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