Sekirov Dictionary

asking

UK /ˈɑːskɪŋ/US /ˈæskɪŋ/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3
phrases 2

noun3

•
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
- His asking was greeted with silence.
•
(rare) A request, or petition.
- After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown. — 2005
[in the plural] The marriage banns.

adjective1

•
That asks; that expresses a question or request.
- It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes. — 1924

forms

askings · more asking · most asking

Phrases with asking

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