Synonyms for asking
ask·ing

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1. request, askingnoun

   the verbal act of requesting

   Synonyms:
   request, postulation, petition

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1. • Speech Act

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1. askingnoun

   Synonyms:
   petition, solicitation, inquiry, quiz, interrogation, question, instance, entreaty, supplication, request, importunity, application, imploration, invitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "asking":

   requesting, request, ask, wondering, demanding, application, calling, seeking, requests

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1. Karen Parker:

   Autism is very heterogeneous— it’s very complicated, one of the things we’re really hopeful in doing these studies is asking, ‘Can we streamline this complexity of disorders by understanding the biological substrates that may vary across kids?’.

2. Steven Ortiz:

   The seminary trustees are asking : What are we doing with Dead Sea ?

3. Camilla Hanson:

   Our study really shows that there’s a whole host of emotional barriers, mainly guilt, that stop someone from asking for, and perhaps accepting, a kidney.

4. Pope Francis:

   You may be asking yourselves, 'Who is this man standing before us?' i would like to reply to that question with something absolutely certain about my own life: The man standing before you is a man who has been forgiven. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins.

5. Timothy Salyer:

   It seemed odd, i kinda thought, this is a month after the shooting and you're just now asking me if there has been a box in his name delivered there. He wrote a search warrant on it saying it was delivered there, but now you're asking a month later.