Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) ask (make a request or demand for something to somebody) "She asked him for a loan"
S: (v) ask (direct or put; seek an answer to) "ask a question"
S: (v) ask, require, expect (consider obligatory; request and expect) "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"
S: (v) ask, inquire, enquire (address a question to and expect an answer from) "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; "I inquired about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
S: (v) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand (require as useful, just, or proper) "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"
W: (n) necessity [Related to: necessitate] (anything indispensable) "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
W: (n) need [Related to: need] (anything that is necessary but lacking) "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
W: (n) requirement [Related to: require] (required activity) "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
W: (n) demand [Related to: demand] (required activity) "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
W: (n) demand [Related to: demand] (a condition requiring relief) "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
S: (v) ask (require or ask for as a price or condition) "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"