Sekirov Dictionary

beg

/ˈbɛɡ/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 7
phrases 4

verb7

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to ask someone for help or a favor in a very strong way, as if it is badly needed
- I beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to cause offence.
- He begged her to go to the prom with him.
•
To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
•
To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms.
•
To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- A captivating novel that just begs for a movie adaptation
(nonstandard) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
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(no longer used) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards. — 1612

noun3

The act of begging; an imploring request.
(slang, offensive) A pretentious, attention-seeking, or eccentric person.
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Abbreviation of beginning.
- Knit with MC until work measures 3 inches from beg. — 2005

forms

begg'd · begged · abegging · begging · beggeth · begs · beggest

Phrases with beg

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