- To request or petition
What price are you asking for the house?
ask, asked, asked
- To investigate the opinions or experiences of people by asking questions
He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.
survey, surveyed, surveyed
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information
question, questioned, questioned
- transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of
uncountable · consult, consulted, consulted
- (intransitive) To ask a question
query, queried, queried
- (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner
The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
interrogate, interrogated, interrogated
- to interrogate
He examined the crime scene for clues.
examine, examined, examined
catechise, catechised, catechised