What does asking mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. request, askingnoun

    the verbal act of requesting

Wiktionary

  1. askingnoun

    The act or process of posing a question or making a request.

    His asking was greeted with silence.

  2. askingnoun

    (Rare in the singular) A request, or petition.

Wikipedia

  1. asking

    A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogative in form but may not be considered bona fide questions, as they are not expected to be answered. Questions come in a number of varieties. Polar questions are those such as the English example "Is this a polar question?", which can be answered with "yes" or "no". Alternative questions such as "Is this a polar question, or an alternative question?" present a list of possibilities to choose from. Open questions such as "What kind of question is this?" allow many possible resolutions. Questions are widely studied in linguistics and philosophy of language. In the subfield of pragmatics, questions are regarded as illocutionary acts which raise an issue to be resolved in discourse. In approaches to formal semantics such as alternative semantics or inquisitive semantics, questions are regarded as the denotations of interrogatives, and are typically identified as sets of the propositions which answer them.

ChatGPT

  1. asking

    Asking refers to the act of requesting information from someone, seeking a response or favor, or inquiring about a certain topic or issue. This often involves forming a question and can be verbal or written. It's a primary way to express a need, share concerns, gather knowledge, or maintain social interaction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Asking

    of Ask

  2. Askingnoun

    the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation

  3. Askingnoun

    the publishing of banns

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'asking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1941

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'asking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #750

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Anagrams for asking »

  1. aksing

  2. gaskin

  3. kiangs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of asking in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of asking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of asking in a Sentence

  1. WhatsApp:

    Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people’s right to privacy.

  2. Jonathan Lynn:

    The counties and gun groups are asking the jurisdictions and the commonwealth to support gun rights and their Second Amendment to make sure they [ the state legislature ] aren't going to do anything to take that away, we as the county of Surrey we want to make sure we support the fundamental right of citizens.

  3. Ahn Yoon-Sook:

    That is why I was careful with what I was saying and what I was asking. There was not that much freedom.

  4. Keith Altman:

    I expect these companies don’t realize their ads are on these radicalizing videos, advertisers should be asking the social media outlets, ‘ Where are my ads showing up ? ’.

  5. David Eby:

    I do worry that we're being friendly, polite Canadians and not asking too many questions, there are a lot of people making a lot of money right now.

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