Search Chambers
Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu.
ask verb (asked, asking) 1 tr & intr to question someone about something • asked her qualifications. 2 to call for an answer to (a question) • asked what qualifications she had. 3 to inquire about • ask the way. 4 to invite • asked him to the dance. 5 to expect • don't ask a lot of him. for the asking on request.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon ascian.
ask after someone to show concern about their health. ask for someone or something to make a request for them or it • asked for directions. ask for something informal to behave in such a way as to deserve it • That's just asking for trouble. ask someone out to invite them on a date. ask someone over to invite them round, especially to one's own house. |
-
The Chambers Dictionary (13th edition)
“Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand”- Philip Pullman.
The unrivalled dictionary for word lovers, now in its 13th edition.
-
The Chambers Thesaurus
The Chambers Thesaurus (4th Edition) is a veritable treasure-trove, including the greatest selection of alternative words and phrases available in an A to Z format. -
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
“Simply all you need to know about anyone” – Fay Weldon.
Thoroughly revised and updated for its 9th edition.
Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu.
Search Tip
A wildcard is a special character you can use to replace one or more characters in a word. There are two types of wildcard. The first is a question mark ?, which matches a single character. The second is an asterisk *, which matches zero or more characters. The two kinds of wildcard can be mixed in a single search.
View More Search Tips