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beg
- pronunciation:
- beg
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- beg the question, beg off
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
begged, begging, begs |
| definition 1: |
to ask for (food, money, or other necessities) as charity or as a gift.
The orphans were forced to beg for food.- synonyms:
- cadge, panhandle, solicit
- similar words:
- bum, cry, request, seek, sponge, supplicate
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| definition 2: |
to ask a favor of; implore.
I beg you to reconsider this decision.He begged his wife to forgive him.- synonyms:
- adjure, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, solicit, supplicate
- similar words:
- cry, importune, petition, pray, press, request, urge
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| related words: |
ask, beseech, hitch, solicit, touch |
| phrase: |
beg the question |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to request humbly or desperately.
The little girl begged for another ride on her father's shoulders.The prisoner begged for mercy.- synonyms:
- implore, supplicate
- similar words:
- appeal, ask, beseech, entreat, importune, petition, plead, pray, press, solicit
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| definition 2: |
to ask for charity or gifts.
The poor were begging in the streets.- synonyms:
- panhandle, solicit
- similar words:
- appeal, ask, cadge, pray, sponge, supplicate
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| related words: |
cant, wish |
| phrase: |
beg off |
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