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1. (v.t.) beg
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor:
to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
2. beg
to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore:
He begged me for help.
3. beg
to avoid; evade:
a report that begs the whole problem.
4. (v.i.) beg
to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
5. beg
to ask humbly or earnestly.
6. beg
(of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
7. beg
beg off, to request release from an obligation.
8. beg
beg the question,
9. beg
to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question.
10. beg
to evade the issue.
11. beg
to raise the question; inspire one to ask.
12. beg
go begging, to remain unclaimed, unused, or unpurchased.
His success begs the question: what's next?
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME beggen, by assimilation from OE *bedican, alter. of bedecian to beg)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) beg, implore, pray
call upon in supplication; entreat
"I beg you to stop!"
2. (verb) solicit, beg, tap
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
"Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
3. (verb) beg
ask to obtain free
"beg money and food"
4. (verb) beg
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
"beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
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1. (verb) beg
to ask repeatedly because you want sth very much
I begged him to help me.; The kids were begging for ice cream.; to beg to be set free
2. beg
to ask for money, food, etc.
people begging in the streets; children begging for spare change
3. beg
I beg your pardon
indicates you would like sb to repeat what they said
I beg your pardon - I couldn't hear you.
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| Definition of 'BEG' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) BEG
a title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey
2. (verb) BEG
to ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech
3. (verb) BEG
to ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house
4. (verb) BEG
to make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor
5. (verb) BEG
to take for granted; to assume without proof
6. (verb) BEG
to ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for
7. (verb) BEG
to ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms
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Sense: to ask (someone) for (money, food etc)
The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.
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 Afrikaans: bedel |
 Arabic: يَتَسَوَّل، يَسْتَجْدي |
 Bulgarian: прося |
 Brazilian: mendigar |
 Czech: žebrat |
 German: betteln |
 Danish: tigge |
 Greek: ζητιανεύω |
 Spanish: pedir |
 Estonian: kerjama |
 Farsi: گدایی کردن؛ |
 Finnish: kerjätä |
 French: mendier |
 Hebrew: לְהִתחַנֵן |
 Hindi: भीख मांगना |
 Croatian: moliti, tražiti |
 Hungarian: koldul, kér |
 Indonesian: mengemis |
 Icelandic: betla |
 Italian: elemosinare, chiedere l'e |
 Japanese: 請い求める |
 Korean: 구걸하다 |
 Lithuanian: prašyti išmaldos, elgetau |
 Latvian: ubagot |
 Malay: meminta sedekah |
 Dutch: bedelen |
 Norwegian: tigge |
 Polish: żebrać |
 Persian: گدایی کردن؛ |
 Pashto: beggar [n]سوالګر، ګدايى ګ |
 Portuguese: pedir |
 Romanian: a cere, a cerşi |
 Russian: просить подаяния |
 Slovak: žobrať |
 Slovenian: prosjačiti |
 Serbian: prositi |
 Swedish: be (tigga) om |
 Thai: ขอทาน |
 Turkish: dilenmek |
 Taiwanese: 乞討 |
 Ukrainian: старцювати; жебракувати |
 Urdu: بھیک مانگنا ، خیرات مانگن |
 Vietnamese: ăn xin |
 Chinese: 乞讨 |
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