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Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of ask

"She asked him to join her for dinner last night, and he immediately agreed."

In plain English: Asked means someone made a request for you to do something or give them information.

"She asked me to help her move the furniture on Sunday."

Example Sentences
"She asked me to help her move the furniture on Sunday." verb
"She asked me to help her move the heavy furniture on Saturday." verb
"The teacher asked if anyone had questions about the lesson plan." verb
"He asked for extra time to finish his project before the deadline." verb
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Origin

The word asked is a variant of arsed that developed due to similar pronunciation patterns in Received Pronunciation. It represents a phonetic shift where speakers substituted one sound for another because they sounded alike.

Rhyming Words
ked sked eked joked inked faked liked haked jaked irked puked nuked hiked unked miked caked maked piked naked poked
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