verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- She asked what time the train left.
- I'll ask my teacher how to spell that difficult word.
verb To request that someone do something, or to request permission.
- He asked the waiter for the check.
- Can I ask you to close the window?
- They asked to leave early because of the storm.
- She asked her neighbor to water the plants while she was away.
verb To invite someone.
- He asked her to the party on Friday.
- We asked our new neighbors over for dinner on Saturday.
- They asked half the street to the barbecue in the garden.
noun A request, or something requested — often used in business or fundraising contexts.
- The charity's big ask this year is $10,000 per donor.
- That's a big ask given how little time we have.
- My ask is simple: please reply to every email within a day.
noun The price a seller is asking for something.
- The ask on the house was well above market value.
- The seller lowered his ask after nobody came to view the car.
- Their ask for the old piano was surprisingly reasonable.
