{
  "id": "asks.social",
  "term": "asks",
  "sense": "social",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "asks",
  "domain": "social",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to get something from another people",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "people.social",
      "get.acquisition"
    ],
    "interaction": "people get something from another",
    "novel_properties": [
      "intentional request",
      "expectation of response"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2023, the U.S. Congress approved $1.5 trillion in aid to Ukraine for military and humanitarian needs.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Patients ask pharmacists for prescription refills under the UK's National Health Service framework.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Mars Rover Perseverance requested emergency power rerouting during a dust storm in 2021.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "request.social"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "ask",
    "asked",
    "asking",
    "asks"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-asks.social"
}