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Results for: "ask"

Translating from English to Serbo Croat

Translations:

ask — request an answer
→ pitati
→ upitati
ask — make a request
→ pitati
→ moliti

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (7)

1. inquire about;
- Example: "I asked about their special today"
- Example: "He had to ask directions several times"
[syn: ask, inquire, enquire]

2. make a request or demand for something to somebody;
- Example: "She asked him for a loan"

3. direct or put; seek an answer to;
- Example: "ask a question"

4. consider obligatory; request and expect;
- Example: "We require our secretary to be on time"
- Example: "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"
- Example: "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
[syn: ask, require, expect]

5. address a question to and expect an answer from;
- Example: "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"
- Example: "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"

6. require as useful, just, or proper;
- Example: "It takes nerve to do what she did"
- Example: "success usually requires hard work"
- Example: "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
- Example: "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
- Example: "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
- Example: "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
[syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]

7. require or ask for as a price or condition;
- Example: "He is asking $200 for the table"
- Example: "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"