Synset

make a request or demand for something to somebody
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 165 freq. cnt.: 165

sample sentences

"She asked him for a loan"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
They %s him to write the letter

lexical pointers

also see

ask in ask over ask round ask out

semantic pointers

hypernym

call for, request, bespeak, quest, ask for

hyponym

request solicit