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beg
1[ beg ]
verb (used with object)
- 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: , , ,
- to take for granted without basis or justification:
a statement that begs the very point we're disputing.
a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
verb (used without object)
- to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
- to ask humbly or earnestly: begging to differ.
begging for help;
begging to differ.
- (of a dog) to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
verb phrase
- to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.:
He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute.
beg
2[ beyg, beg ]
noun
- bey.
beg.
3abbreviation for
- begin.
- beginning.
beg
1/ ²úɛɡ /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by for to solicit (for money, food, etc), esp in the street
- to ask (someone) for (something or leave to do something) formally, humbly, or earnestly
I beg to differ
I beg forgiveness
- intr (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly
- to leave unanswered or unresolved
to beg a point
- beg the question
- to evade the issue
- to assume the thing under examination as proved
- to suggest that a question needs to be asked
the firm's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
- go begging or go a-beggingto be unwanted or unused
beg
2/ ²úɛɡ /
noun
- a variant of bey
Usage
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ð²µ²µ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of beg1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of beg1
Idioms and Phrases
- beg the question,
- to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question.
- to evade the issue or avoid a direct answer.
- to raise the question; inspire one to ask.
- go begging, to remain open or available, as a position that is unfilled or an unsold item:
The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants.
More idioms and phrases containing beg
- go begging
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Other officers begged him to quell the dog, named Tex, which continued its assault despite verbal commands to stop, a physical release maneuver and an unsuccessful use of a shock collar, according to court documents.
Many are forced to beg or enter sex work.
It begs the question: If AI chatbots are programmed to become more and more like humans, can they handle the emotional burdens we share?
After two lower courts sided with Musk, Kaul begged the state's supreme court for an 11th hour reprieve.
One of those hostages, Elkana Bohbot, has again been shown in distress in a new video posted by Hamas in which he begs for his release.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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