ask for
ask
ÃĻsk
āsk
for
fɔ:r
fawr
/ˈask fɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ask for"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to ask for
[phrase form: ask]
01

āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to politely request something from someone
Transitive: to ask for sth
to ask for definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She asked for a favor from her neighbor.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to state that one wants to see or speak to someone specific
Transitive: to ask for sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The client asked for the head of the design department to oversee their project.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do something that increases the chances of a specific outcome or consequence
Transitive: to ask for an outcome or consequence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Not wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle is asking for an injury and can increase the likelihood of a head injury.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŽā§‡āϟ āύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ