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, asking(noun)
the verbal act of requesting
Wiktionary
asking(Noun)
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
His asking was greeted with silence.
asking(Noun)
(Rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
Webster Dictionary
Asking
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Asking(noun)
the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation
Asking(noun)
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
It has been flooding for three days now ; I think the government is not even aware but now we are telling them, we are asking if there are any plans to assist us, only two boats are here for evacuating people.
Asking four women of color to' go back' to their own country, and then connect it with everything else that he's doing -- the press as the enemy of the people. There is only one path that that will take us down.
She was terrified, locked in a closet, ICE pounding on her door, asking what she was supposed to do, and I was also terrified. And that went on for hours.
We are asking continuously for you all to be outside, to enjoy your Memorial Day weekend ; to play golf ; to hike as Dr.( Anthony) Fauci said ; to play tennis with marked balls -- and to be out with your families that you have been in the household with ; and even consider sharing socially distanced space as long as you have utensils that belong to individuals and that maybe can be thrown out immediately.
I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses.
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Translations for asking
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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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