ask

/æsk/

意味: 尋ねる

例文: Fluffin asked if clouds taste like marshmallows.
　　  フラッフィンは雲の味がマシュマロか尋ねた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: ask a question(質問をする), ask for help(助けを求める), ask permission(許可を求める)

定義: 何かを知りたいときや、何かをしてほしいときに質問すること。誰かに情報を求めたり、何かを頼んだりする行動。

askは約5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: inquire about
Verb: make a request or demand for something to somebody
Verb: direct or put; seek an answer to
Verb: consider obligatory; request and expect
Verb: address a question to and expect an answer from
Verb: require as useful, just, or proper
Verb: require or ask for as a price or condition

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please don’t hesitate to ask for help when needed.(必要なときは遠慮なく助けを求めてください。)
Hey, if you need anything, just ask me!(何か必要なことがあれば、気軽に聞いてね！)
The committee decided to ask for additional funding for the project.(委員会はプロジェクトの追加資金を求めることに決めました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: I asked about their special today
Verb: He had to ask directions several times
Verb: She asked him for a loan
Verb: ask a question
Verb: We require our secretary to be on time
Verb: Aren’t we asking too much of these children?
Verb: I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
Verb: Ask your teacher about trigonometry
Verb: The children asked me about their dead grandmother
Verb: It takes nerve to do what she did
Verb: success usually requires hard work
Verb: This job asks a lot of patience and skill
Verb: This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
Verb: This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
Verb: This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent
Verb: He is asking $200 for the table
Verb: The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): ask, call for, demand, enquire, expect, inquire, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take

Antonyms(反意語): obviate

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): address, communicate, demand, give voice, request

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): address, aphorize, appeal, apply, ask, ask out, beg, blog, call, carry, challenge, claim, clamor, come across, commune, demand, desire, dogmatize, dun, encore, excuse, fingerspell, formularize, frame, gesticulate, get, give, greet, grimace, inflict, inform, invite, issue, joke, lexicalize, network, nod, order, petition, project, radio, reach, reserve, riddle, semaphore, share, sign, solicit, speak, supplicate, talk, telecommunicate, telepathize, want, whistle, write, yak

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): call, claim, compel, consult, cost, cry out for, draw, govern, interrogate, pry, question, request, solicit

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: asker, demand, enquirer, enquiry, expectation, inquirer, inquiring, inquiry, necessity, need, requirement

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: informal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: