What is the meaning of asking?

noun

• The verbal act of requesting.
  • synonyms: request

verb

• Inquire about.
  • usage: "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
  • synonyms: ask, inquire, enquire
• Make a request or demand for something to somebody.
  • usage: "She asked him for a loan"
  • synonyms: ask
• Direct or put; seek an answer to.
  • usage: "ask a question"
  • synonyms: ask
• Consider obligatory; request and expect.
  • usage: "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
  • synonyms: ask, require, expect
• Address a question to and expect an answer from.
  • usage: "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
  • synonyms: ask
• Require as useful, just, or proper.
  • usage: "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
  • synonyms: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
• Require or ask for as a price or condition.
  • usage: "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"
  • synonyms: ask