asking

To request (information, or an answer to a question).

“I asked her age.”

To put forward (a question) to be answered.

“to ask a question”

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

“I'm going to ask this lady for directions.”

To request or petition; usually with for.

“to ask for a second helping at dinner”

To request permission to do something.

“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.

“What price are you asking for the house?”

To invite.

“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.

The act or process of posing a question or making a request.

“His asking was greeted with silence.”

A request, or petition.