Ask vs Mandatory - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ask and mandatory

is that ask is amplitude shift keying while mandatory is (dated|rare) a person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

As an adjective mandatory is

obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

ask

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) asken, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To request (information, or an answer to a question).

I asked her age.

To put forward (a question) to be answered.

to ask a question

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

I'm going to ask this lady for directions.

* Bible, John ix. 21

He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

To request or petition; usually with for .

to ask for a second helping at dinner

to ask for help with homework

* Bible, Matthew vii. 7

Ask , and it shall be given you.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

What price are you asking for the house?

* Addison

An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity.

To invite.

Don't ask them to the wedding.

To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

(Fuller)

(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * Pronouncing ask as /æks/ is a common example of metathesis and a feature of some varieties of English, notably African American Vernacular English (AAVE). * The action expressed by the verb ask'' can also be expressed by the noun-verb combination ''pose a question'' (confer the parallel in German between ''fragen'' and ''eine Frage stellen ).

Derived terms

* ask after * ask around * ask for * ask in * ask out * ask over * ask round * for the asking * no questions asked * outask

Noun

(en noun)

An act or instance of asking.

* 2005 , Laura Fredricks, The ask :

To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.

Something asked or asked for; a request.

* 2008 , Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers :

Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask'” are more likely to respond to a bigger “' ask ” later on.

An asking price.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) aske, arske, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

Noun

(en noun)

An eft; newt.

* 1876 , S. Smiles, Scottish Naturalist :

He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask .

A lizard.

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mandatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

Attendance at a school is usually mandatory .

* 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276

This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

Of, being or relating to a mandate.

Mandatory Palestine

Synonyms

* compulsory * obligatory

Antonyms

* (obligatory) optional * (obligatory) elective

Derived terms

* mandatoriness

Noun

(mandatories)

(dated, rare) A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

External links

* * * Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary * The Oxford English Dictionary