Antonyms for asked


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ask, ahsk
Phonetic Transcription : æsk, ɑsk


Definition of asked

Origin :
  • Old English ascian "ask, call for an answer; make a request," from earlier ahsian, from Proto-Germanic *aiskojan (cf. Old Saxon escon, Old Frisian askia "request, demand, ask," Middle Dutch eiscen, Dutch eisen "to ask, demand," Old High German eiscon "to ask (a question)," German heischen "to ask, demand"), from PIE *ais- "to wish, desire" (cf. Sanskrit icchati "seeks, desires," Armenian aic "investigation," Old Church Slavonic iskati "to seek," Lithuanian ieÅ¡kau "to seek").
  • Form in English influenced by a Scandinavian form of the word (cf. Danish æske; the Old English would have evolved by normal sound changes into ash, esh, which was a Midlands and s.w. England dialect form). Modern dialectal ax is as old as Old English acsian and was an accepted literary variant until c.1600. Related: Asked; asking. Old English also had fregnan/frignan which carried more directly the sense of "question, inquire," and is from PIE root *prek-, the common source of words for "ask" in most Indo-European languages (see pray). If you ask me "in my opinion" is attested from 1910. Asking price is attested from 1755.
  • verb question
  • verb request
  • verb invite
Example sentences :
  • "He asked me if I liked white kids," answered the blushing peasant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I asked him what reward the Helots had for bravery or virtue.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The silence remained unbroken, until Paralus asked for music.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I asked, 'Is this the divine home, whence I departed into the body?'
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • When I asked the meaning of this, they showed me a triangle.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Dal says he asked 'em, and he says they says, 'Well, why not?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Mr. Paine has asked me to see Mr. Plane about repairing the boat.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Going back amazed, he asked his companion who the girl he had seen could have been.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • And when my brother was about to marry that woman, and Mr. Shepler asked me to marry him, I consented.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "You asked my opinion, and I gave it," said Robert, not flinching.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Synonyms for asked

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