Ask and Claim

Ask

Ask verb - Require as useful, just, or proper.
Usage example: This job asks a lot of patience and skill

Claim is a synonym for ask in request topic. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Ask", when it comes to topics like demand.

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Claim

Claim verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.
Usage example: after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance

Ask is a synonym for claim in demand topic. You can use "Ask" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Common collocations

name ask name claim name
time ask time claim time
mother ask mother claim mother

Both words in one sentence

  • Ask any Tekken player you know how bad would it be if you couldn't move for six seconds, given that Tekken's claim to fame is juggling and combo-ability.
  • Whether or not it's Truth in Television depends on who you ask, since some members of the Germs circle claim that Darby experimented with women.
  • Pals with Jesus When Jesus saves him immediately after, Atticus cracks up laughing that he can now claim he was 'Saved by Jesus' to any Christians who ask.
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