asked
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
An inflected form of ask · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 169 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 140,952 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.067% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- make a request or demand for something to somebody She asked him for a loan
- direct or put; seek an answer to ask a question
- consider obligatory; request and expect also: require, expect We require our secretary to be on timeAren't we asking too much of these children?
- address a question to and expect an answer from also: inquire, enquire Ask your teacher about trigonometryThe children asked me about their dead grandmother
- require as useful, just, or proper also: necessitate, postulate, need, require, take, involve It takes nerve to do what she didsuccess usually requires hard work
- make a date also: ask out, invite out, take out Has he asked you out yet?He asekd me to a dance
asked in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I asked sharply, for instinctively I distrusted the man.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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I asked him why he would go and not I?
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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It was reckless of me, but I asked Lady Brandon to introduce me to him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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When he came back, he asked like a man if supper was ready, and as to a man she answered.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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At first Cambyses looked angrily at him and his rent garments, and then asked with a bitter smile; "What do you want?"
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1