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to beg

to beg

417 1.0
Ask someone very seriously and urgently for something
  • verb
  • /bɛg/
translation icon : rogar
  • No, I beg you, let me be.
  • beg someone to give

Her father bought her many books but begged her not to read them.

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Examples

  • And please, I beg of you, listen to the scientists.

    GQ

  • Please, I beg you.

    Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)

  • And I, I, I, I beg you, I beg you.

  • In fact, I beg you to speak to someone.

  • You know, I'm not too proud to beg for support.

  • And he used to beg us to end his misery after dinner.

  • I remember I begged to keep my job.

  • I beg you.

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

  • O Sultan, I beg you, do not sacrifice me for this man's madness.

    Francis of Assisi (1961)

  • Please, I beg you to help me find my lost dog.

Synonyms

to ask
vsto beg
∞ 1.0

To request that someone do something or meet a requirement

is more urgent and emotional than neutral or polite requests
to ask for
vsto beg
∞ 1.0

To tell someone you want or need something

is more urgent and pleading than a simple general request
to seek
vsto beg
981 1.0

Ask someone for information, advice, or help

is about urgent pleading to someone rather than general attempts to obtain
to pray
vsto beg
  • Archaic
256 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is more secular and urgent rather than humble or devotional
to plead
vsto beg
232 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

is similar but usually more urgent and needy in tone
to ask for help
vsto beg
98 1.0

To tell someone you need support with a task or problem

is more urgent and pleading in tone than a standard help request
to solicit
vsto beg
  • Formal
48 6.8

To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way

is more urgent and personal, not primarily formal or businesslike
to beseech
vsto beg
  • Formal
47 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

is less intense and more ordinary in emotional tone
to implore
vsto beg
  • Formal
40 5.3

To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something

is earnest but less driven by desperation
to seek help
vsto beg
30 2.0

Ask someone for support when you face a problem

is more about immediate pleading for aid rather than general seeking
to bid
vsto beg
  • Archaic
28 3.5

To tell someone politely or formally to do something

is more emotional and urgent rather than formal instruction
to entreat
vsto beg
  • Formal
12 8.1

Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something

is more informal and used in everyday speech
to supplicate
vsto beg
  • Formal
3 9.6

To beg someone, often in prayer, for help or favor

is more everyday and urgent, not mainly humble or formal
to intreat
vsto beg
  • Archaic
9.9

To ask someone very strongly for something

is the modern, everyday version rather than the archaic
to mump
vsto beg
  • Archaic
9.9

To beg for food or money

is more general and not limited to panhandling or dialectal use
to thig
vsto beg
  • Archaic
9.9

To ask people for things like food or money in a strong, repeated way

is more general and modern, not chiefly dialectal or archaic

Idioms

to beg for one's life
  • NSFW
5 7.4

Ask someone very strongly not to kill or hurt you

Phrasal Verbs

to beg off
  • Informal
4 7.0

To ask to be excused from an activity by giving a reason

to beg on one's knees
  • Informal
1 7.0

Ask someone for help or forgiveness while kneeling and looking very desperate

Compounds

beg button
  • Informal
9.1

An action that asks people for help or sympathy

How Earnest

to implore
  • Formal
40 5.3
to beg
417 1.0
to plead
232 3.9
to request
∞ 1.0
to ask
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

beg infinitive
begged past
begged past participle
begging present participle
begs third person singular

Etymology

Beg comes from old words that meant 'to ask' or 'pray'. You can see the same root in beggar, someone who asks for help, so to beg someone is to ask them earnestly or to plead.