asking

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of ask

Noun

• The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
• A request, or petition.
• The marriage banns.

Adjective

• That asks; that expresses a question or request.

Origin

• From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung ("asking; question; inquiry"), equivalent to ask + -ing.