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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.
to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade.
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
begin.
beginning.
beg
1/ ɛɡ /
verb
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 forgiveness
I beg to differ
(intr) (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly
to leave unanswered or unresolved
to beg a point
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?
to be unwanted or unused
beg
2/ ɛɡ /
noun
a variant of bey
Usage
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-begging adjective
- unbegged adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beg1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beg1
Idioms and Phrases
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.
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.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Which all begs the question, what does that mean for holiday resorts across the Mediterranean, in particular those that have come to rely on summer tourism trade?
In fact it might be too much, which begs a question: why are we doing this?
“This alarming lack of transparency and lack of allowing congressional members and lawyers to have access to people who are being detained really begs the question, what are they afraid of us seeing?” she asked.
He says his customers, now unable to purchase food, at times camp at his shop all day, begging for help.
While Trump and his Cabinet members have painted the protests as an "insurrection," the lawsuit begs to differ.
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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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