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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
beg
1. call upon in supplication;
entreat (Freq. 11)
- I beg you to stop!
• Syn:
implore, pray
• See Also:
beg off
• Derivationally related forms:
beggary
• Hypernyms:
plead
• Hyponyms:
crave, supplicate, importune, insist
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They beg him to write the letter
- They beg to move
2. make a solicitation or entreaty for something;
request urgently or persistently (Freq. 5)
- Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
- My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
• Syn:
solicit, tap
• Derivationally related forms:
beggary, solicitation (for: solicit), solicitor (for: solicit)
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
quest, canvass, canvas, lobby, buttonhole
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
3. ask to obtain free (Freq. 2)
- beg money and food
• Derivationally related forms:
beggary
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge, panhandle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
4. dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
- beg the question
- beg the point in the discussion
• Hypernyms:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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