What does asking mean?
Definitions for asking
ask·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word asking.
Princeton's WordNet
request, askingnoun
the verbal act of requesting
Wiktionary
askingnoun
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
His asking was greeted with silence.
askingnoun
(Rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
Webster Dictionary
Asking
of Ask
Askingnoun
the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation
Askingnoun
the publishing of banns
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'asking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1941
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'asking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #750
Anagrams for asking »
aksing, gaskin, kiangs
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of asking in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of asking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of asking in a Sentence
If Michael Bloomberg decides to support a wealth tax, I welcome Michael Bloomberg to this race. If not, it's very clear that Michael Bloomberg should not be the Democratic nominee, we can not afford to have a Democratic nominee in 2020 who does not support asking the wealthy to pay more to address the enormous inequality in our society.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:
What we are asking is that President Widodo show mercy to these two young Australians.
We suspect that maybe three of our 10 fragments are forgeries, the seminary trustees are asking : What are we doing with Dead Sea ?
He spoke loudly about Saudi Arabia rulers tyranny. So Saudi Arabia rulers killed him, saudi Arabia rulers are so proud of him, and Saudi Arabia rulers are not going to be intimidated or stop asking for freedom. My father stood peacefully for the lives of all people.
We're not specifically asking anyone to lobby for us. They're doing it by their own desire because, for many of them, Huawei is one of their major customers.
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- يسألArabic
- ptáCzech
- spørgerDanish
- fragenGerman
- preguntandoSpanish
- درخواستPersian
- pyytäminenFinnish
- demanderFrench
- पूछHindi
- kérveHungarian
- memintaIndonesian
- chiedeItalian
- שואלHebrew
- 尋ねますJapanese
- 질문Korean
- rogansLatin
- vragenDutch
- spørNorwegian
- proszącPolish
- PerguntandoPortuguese
- cerRomanian
- проситьRussian
- beSwedish
- கேட்டுTamil
- అడుగుతూTelugu
- ถามThai
- sormakTurkish
- проситиUkrainian
- پوچھUrdu
- hỏiVietnamese
- אַסקינגYiddish
- 询问Chinese
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