Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ask the question

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables
ask the ques-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question.

Usage

Inflected Forms

asks the question (present, singular) asking the question (participle, present) asked the question (participle, past) asked the question (past)

Phrases

pop the question

Frequently Paired Words

pop the question

Questions

What does ask the question mean?
To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.

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