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beg
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- pronunciation:
- beg
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- beg off, beg the question
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
begs, begging, begged |
| definition 1: |
to ask for (food, money, or other necessities) as charity or as a gift.
The orphan children begged money from strangers.- synonyms:
- cadge, panhandle, solicit
- similar words:
- bum, cry, request, seek, sponge, supplicate
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| definition 2: |
to humbly and pleadingly ask a favor of; implore.
I beg you to reconsider this decision.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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He begged his wife to forgive him.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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- 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 |
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| 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.He begged to see his wife, but the guards would not allow it.[verb + infinitive
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- 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 |
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| phrase: |
beg off |
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