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- DictionaryBeg/beɡ/
verb
- 1. ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something: "she begged me to say nothing to her father"
- 2. ask for something, typically food or money, as charity or a gift: "a young woman was begging in the street"
1. : to ask for as a charity (see charity sense 1a) begging food from strangers. begged him for some change. 2. a. : to ask earnestly for : entreat. beg forgiveness. I beg your pardon. b. : to require as necessary or appropriate. a scene that begged to be photographed. 3. : evade, sidestep. begged the real problems. intransitive verb.
1. [ beg ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , begged, beg·ging. to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness. to beg alms; to beg forgiveness. to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you. Synonyms: petition, beseech, pray, entreat.
Definition of beg verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. beg. verb. / bɛɡ. / Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to ask someone for something, especially in an anxious way because you want or need it very much beg (for something) He wants to see them beg for mercy. beg somebody (for something) They begged him for help.
To beg is to ask for something in an earnest, pleading way. You might beg your roommates to be quiet if you're desperately trying to get some sleep. You can beg your parents to let you go to a concert with your friends, and you can beg your sister for forgiveness after you inadvertently hurt her feelings.
verb. uk / beɡ / us present participle begging | past tense and past participle begged. beg verb (FOOD/MONEY) Add to word list. B2. to ask someone for food or money, because you do not have any: Young children were begging on the streets. beg verb (STRONG REQUEST) B2. to make a very strong and urgent request: She begged him for help.
to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing. to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid ; evade : a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
Definitions of 'beg' 1. If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. [...] 2. If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. [...] 3. I beg your pardon. More. Conjugations of 'beg' present simple: I beg, you beg [...] past simple: I begged, you begged [...]
