Meaning of ask in English

Upon acceptance of a paper, the author will be asked to transfer copyright to the publisher.

They agree, and then ask where she is planning to go.

Participants were given two digitally altered photographs and asked to find as many differences as they could.

For each of the six trials, children were asked to predict the returning character's false belief.

Such a perception prompts people to ask whether something valuable is lost when non-market modes of interaction are replaced by market ones.

The parent who requests a label does not ask to be enlightened, but to test and reinforce the child's lexicon.

The period of reference is the past 1 month and detailed questions were asked about the past 1 week.

Although teachers minimally are asked to perform as practitioners, it is preferable that they be encouraged to assume other roles as well.

Pupils were told that they could ask their teachers, another adult or friend for help with the sheets if they needed this.

The magician told the child she had hurt her hand and asked the child to get a band-aid from a backpack.

For our present purpose it is enough to ask what quantity the numerical solution is supposed to approximate, at least to a first-order approximation.

Subjects were asked to report ' worst lifetime ' symptoms.

The party preference equation represents the selection process that determined which respondents were asked the strategic party switching question.

Questions regarding the bill may then be asked, and debate follows.

Here, a story-completion approach was also used around attachment and emotion themes, and children were asked to complete the stories and describe the characters' feelings.

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