Definitions for asking
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. request, asking(noun)

   the verbal act of requesting

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. asking(Noun)

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

   His asking was greeted with silence.

2. asking(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Asking

   of Ask

2. Asking(noun)

   the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation

3. Asking(noun)

   the publishing of banns

British National Corpus

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

Anagrams for asking »

1. aksing, gaskin, kiangs

How to pronounce asking?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say asking in sign language?

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. Keisha Lance Bottoms:

   I am asking you to please honor this baby's life. Please, if you know who did this, please turn them in, enough is enough.

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. Carla Dik-Faber:

   A legal possibility suddenly becomes a real option and people will start asking if they should take such a substance. It can be abused, get into the wrong hands, people could feel pressured by the people around them.

4. Ramon Luis Nieves:

   People have been asking, 'Are these agreements justified?' up until now we have no business plan, no recovery plan.

5. Mary Moreno:

   It’s very important for him to deliver that message, people were already afraid not only because of what [President] Trump is doing [about illegal immigration], but also because of SB-4, which ties the hands of police chiefs who prohibited their officers from asking immigration status.

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