How to pronounce asking:
To request (information, or an answer to a question).
Example: "I asked her age."
To put forward (a question) to be answered.
Example: "To ask a question"
To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
Example: "I'm going to ask this lady for directions."
To request or petition; usually with for.
Example: "To ask for a second helping at dinner"
To request permission to do something.
Example: "Did you ask to use the car?"
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
Example: "What price are you asking for the house?"
To invite.
Example: "Don't ask them to the wedding."
To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
To take (a person's situation) as an example.