(v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
(v. t.) To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
(v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
(v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
(v. i.) To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
(n.) A water newt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
(2) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(3) Collins said she asked Sullivan several questions, including who the women were.
(4) People should ask their MP to press the government for a speedier response.
(5) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(6) I ask a friend to have a stab at, “down at cafe that does us butties”, and he said: “Something to do with his ass?” “Whose arse?” He looked panicked.
(7) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
(8) The Hamilton-Wentworth regional health department was asked by one of its municipalities to determine whether the present water supply and sewage disposal methods used in a community without piped water and regional sewage disposal posed a threat to the health of its residents.
(9) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(10) An age- and education-matched group of women with no family history of FXS was asked to predict the seriousness of problems they might encounter were they to bear a child with a handicapping condition.
(11) For example, 75% of them were asked about their family life, marital status and children in interviews.
(12) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(13) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
(14) He had been just asked to open their new town hall, in the hope he might donate a Shakespeare statue.
(15) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
(16) After an introductory training program, the students asked the patients arriving at the hospital out-patient clinic for permission to observe them throughout the attendance given.
(17) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(18) In each of the clinics I visit I ask how much the surrogates are paid.
(19) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
(20) A subgroup of 40 patients was asked to complete a brief survey on medical care information and satisfaction.
Eft
Definition:
(n.) A European lizard of the genus Seps.
(n.) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
(adv.) Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alternatively, they were provided with a small foveal target, either fixed with respect to earth (earth-fixed target: EFT condition), or moving with them (chair-fixed-target: CFT condition).
(2) Alternatively, they were provided with a small target, either stationary with respect to earth (earth-fixed target: EFT), or moving with them (chair-fixed-target: CFT).
(3) Among five efts of the smallest size (26.54 plus or minus 2.20 mm snout-to-vent length), and displaying bright orange dorsal skin coloration, all carpal rudiments were cartilaginous.
(4) Interpretations of race differences on these clusters and the EFT provide a new perspective on the meaning of Black-White personality differences.
(5) In the third line, alpha-EFT was 1,000 mol wt smaller than the normal counterpart, both as the precursor and as the mature form.
(6) This paper presents the value and effect of endoscopic fistulotomy (EFT) as an alternative treatment in those cases.
(7) The effects of purified prolactins isolated from frogs (fPRL; Rana catesbeiana) and newts (nPRL; Cynops pyrrhogaster) were compared with those of ovine prolactin (oPRL) and thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) in the eft (Notophthalmus viridescens) skin transepithelial potential (TEP) bioassay.
(8) Using different isotopic labeling procedures, both the in vivo and in vitro graft degradation patterns demonstrated that a second early eft degradation was correlated in vivo with endothelialization and collagenase secretion by invasive cells.
(9) Viruses were isolated from kidneys of normal and renal tumor-bearing Vermont Rana pipiens after subinoculation into red eft newts (Triturus viridescens).
(10) Variance attributable to gender among the spatial tasks ranged from 0.5% in the EFT to 12% in the MRT.
(11) Integrated systemic therapy (IST) and an emotionally focused approach (EFT) were both found to be superior to the control and to be equally effective in alleviating marital distress, facilitating conflict resolution and goal attainment, and reducing target complaints at termination.
(12) An interview was held with each participant after completion of the EFT.
(13) Beyond 200 ms, the VORG remained around 0.9 in DARK and increased slowly towards 1 or decreased towards zero in the EFT and CFT conditions, respectively.
(14) In cases of parapapillary choledochoduodenal fistula, EFT is a reliable method, especially in high-risk patients, and an alternative to surgical treatment.
(15) Under standard testing procedures, the (a) normal, (b) light-attenuated, and (c) simulated aged performance of 90 young women was compared to the performance of 30 elderly women, using two forms (colored or noncolored) of the Embedded Figures Test (EFT).
(16) Witkin's Embedded Figures Test (EFT) was used to measure the changes with age in field dependence and problem-solving ability Qualitative data concerning problem-solving strategies and quantitative data were collected.
(17) The transcription of the "leader" region (Bronson et al., 1973) of the trp operon in Escherichia coli was studied in normal mutants which delete most of the operator-distal region of the operon [a deletion strain (trp OAEG) retaining only about one third of the "leader" region and two deletion strains (trpOAE14 and trpOAE2) retaining the whole "leader" region and an initial portion of the trpE], as well as in a strain with an intact trp operon, but with a temperature-sensitive lesion in ribosomal protein factor EFTs (strain HAK88).
(18) A positive association between EFT level and severity of depression, and a negative one with alcohol use, were significant when other variables considered were controlled.
(19) EFT was administered to 12 females in each of the following decades: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60, 70s.
(20) Each of the viruses replicated to high titer in embryonated eggs incubated at 30 C. The viruses also grew in efts and adult newts, but not in bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles or adult leopard frogs.