ask

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。

定義: 尋ねる

コロケーション:

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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)

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: