English > ask for: 2 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Express the need or desire for; ask for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | request, bespeak, call for, quest |
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| Narrower | appeal, invoke | request earnestly (something from somebody) |
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| apply | ask (for something) |
| ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody |
| ask out, ask, invite out, take out | make a date |
| beg | ask to obtain free |
| call | Call a meeting |
| challenge | ask for identification |
| claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim / claim to, as of debts, for example |
| claim, lay claim, arrogate | demand as being one's due or property |
| demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| demand | ask to be informed of |
| desire | Express a desire for |
| encore | request an encore, from a performer |
| excuse, beg off | ask for permission to be released from an engagement |
| invite, call for | request the participation or presence of |
| invite, ask in | ask to enter |
| invite, ask over, ask round | invite someone to one's house |
| order | make a request for something |
| petition | Write a petition for something to somebody |
| reserve | Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance |
| reserve, hold, book | Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance |
| solicit, beg, tap | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something |
| supplicate | ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer |
| Broader | communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across | transmit information |
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| Similar to | invite, call for | request the participation or presence of |
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| Spanish | pedir, rogar, solicitar |
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| Catalan | demanar, sol·licitar |
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