Meaning

• To request (information, or an answer to a question).

  "I asked her age."

• To put forward (a question) to be answered.

  "to ask a question"

• To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

  "I'm going to ask this lady for directions."

• To request or petition; usually with for.

  "to ask for a second helping at dinner"

• To request permission to do something.

  "Did you ask to use the car?"

• To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

  "What price are you asking for the house?"

• To invite.

  "Don't ask them to the wedding."

• To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

• To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Meaning

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

  "His asking was greeted with silence."

• A request, or petition.