Ask and Probe

Ask

Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.

Probe and ask are semantically related In some cases you can use "Probe" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Probe

Probe verb - To search through or into.
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Synonyms for Probe

Ask and probe are semantically related in explore topic. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Probe".

Nearby Words: probing, probed

Common collocations

people ask people probe people
boy ask boy probe boy
way ask way probe way

Both words in one sentence

  • Contrived Coincidence A Superman/Batman story featured Jor-El using a probe to take the mind of a human to Krypton, so he could ask what kind of planet Earth was.
  • Anal Probing In one radio spot for Dos Equis beer, the narrator describing The Most Interesting Man in the World says about him, "Alien abductors ask him to probe them."
    Source: Anal Probing
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