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beg  (bg)

v. begged, beg·ging, begs

v.tr.

1. To ask for as charity: begged money while sitting in a doorway.

2. To ask earnestly for or of; entreat: begged me for help.

3.

a. To evade; dodge: a speech that begged the real issues.

b. To take for granted without proof: beg the point in a dispute.

v.intr.

1. To solicit alms.

2. To make a humble or urgent plea.

Phrasal Verb:

beg off

To ask to be released from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off.

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[Middle English beggen, possibly from Anglo-Norman begger, from Old French begart, lay brother, one who prays; see beggar.]

Synonyms: beg, crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune
These verbs mean to make an earnest request. Beg and crave mean to ask in a serious and sometimes humble manner, especially for something one cannot claim as a right: I begged her to forgive me. The attorney craved the court's indulgence.
Beseech emphasizes earnestness and often implies anxiety: Be silent, we beseech you.
Implore intensifies the sense of urgency and anxiety: The child implored his father not to be angry.
Entreat pertains to persuasive pleading: "Ask me no questions, I entreat you" (Charles Dickens).
Importune adds the sense of persistent and sometimes irksome pleading: The foundation was importuned by fundraisers. See Also Synonyms at cadge.

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beg¹

vb begs, begging, begged

1. (when intr, often foll by for) to solicit (for money, food, etc.), esp in the street

2. to ask (someone) for (something or leave to do something) formally, humbly, or earnestly I beg forgiveness I beg to differ

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly

4. to leave unanswered or unresolved to beg a point

beg the question

a.  to evade the issue

b.  to assume the thing under examination as proved

c.  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 (a-)begging to be unwanted or unused See also beg off

[probably from Old English bedecian; related to Gothic bidagwa beggar]

Usage: The use of beg the question to mean that a question needs to be asked is considered by some people to be incorrect

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beg²

n

(Historical Terms) a variant of bey

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	beg - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" implore, pray crave - plead or ask for earnestly supplicate - ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency" plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" importune, insist - beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" beg off, excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement
	2.	beg - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" solicit, tap call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" quest - seek alms, as for religious purposes canvas, canvass - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign buttonhole, lobby - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
	3.	beg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food" call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" schnorr, shnorr, cadge, scrounge - obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" panhandle - beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
	4.	beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

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beg

verb

1. implore, plead with, beseech, desire, request, pray, petition, conjure, crave, solicit, entreat, importune, supplicate, go on bended knee to I begged him to come back to England with me

2. scrounge, bum (informal), blag (slang), touch (someone) for (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, forage for, hunt around (for), sponge on (someone) for, freeload (slang), seek charity, call for alms, solicit charity I was surrounded by people begging for food.
scrounge give, present, award, grant, commit, contribute, donate, confer, bestow, impart, apportion

3. dodge, avoid, get out of, duck (informal), hedge, parry, shun, evade, elude, fudge, fend off, eschew, flannel (Brit. informal), sidestep, shirk, equivocate, body-swerve (Scot.) The research begs a number of questions.

Translations

beg [beg]

A. VT

1. (= implore) → rogar, suplicar
I beg you! → ¡te lo suplico!
to beg forgiveness → suplicar or implorar perdón
he begged my help → suplicó mi ayuda
to beg sb for sth → suplicar algo a algn
he begged me to help him → me suplicó que le ayudara
I beg to inform you (frm) → tengo el honor de informarle
I beg to differ → siento tener que disentir
to beg the question some definitions of mental illness beg the question of what constitutes normal behaviour → algunas definiciones de enfermedad mental dan por sentado lo que constituye un comportamiento normal

2. [beggar] [+ food, money] → pedir
he begged a pound → pidió una libra

B. VI

1. (= implore) to beg for [+ forgiveness, mercy] → implorar

2. [beggar] → mendigar, pedir limosna
there's some cake going begging → queda un poco de tarta, ¿no la quiere nadie?

beg off VI + ADV (US) → dar una excusa

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beg [ˈbɛg]

vi → mendier
to beg for food → mendier de la nourriture

vt

[+ food, money] → mendier

(= ask for) [+ favour] → quémander, solliciter
to beg sb for sth
He begged her for forgiveness → Il la supplia de lui pardonner.
She begged him for help → Elle le supplia de l'aider.
We are not going to beg them for help → Nous n'allons pas les supplier de nous aider.
I beg your pardon (apologising) → excusez-moi; (not hearing) → pardon?
I beg to differ → je ne suis pas de votre avis

(= entreat) → supplier
to beg sb to do sth → supplier qn de faire qch
He begged me to stop → Il m'a supplié d'arrêter.

to beg the question (= raise the question) → soulever la question
to beg the question as to whether → soulever la question de savoir si

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beg

vt

money, alms → betteln um

(= crave, ask for) forgiveness, mercy, a favour → bitten um; to beg something of somebody → jdn um etw bitten; he begged to be allowed to … → er bat darum, … zu dürfen; the children begged me to let them go to the circus → die Kinder bettelten, ich solle sie in den Zirkus gehen lassen; to beg leave to do something → um Erlaubnis bitten, etw tun zu dürfen; I beg leave to be dismissed (form) → gestatten Sie, dass ich mich entferne? (form); I beg to inform you … (form) → ich erlaube mir, Sie davon in Kenntnis zu setzen …; I beg to differ → ich erlaube mir, anderer Meinung zu sein ? pardon

(= entreat) sb → anflehen, inständig bitten; I beg you! → ich flehe dich an!

to beg the question → die Frage offenlassen; something begs the question whether … → etw wirft die Frage auf, ob …

vi

(beggar) → betteln; (dog) → Männchen machen

(for help, time etc) → bitten (for um)

(= entreat) to beg of somebody to do something → jdn anflehen or inständig bitten, etw zu tun; I beg of you → ich bitte Sie

to go begging (inf) → noch zu haben sein; (= be unwanted) → keine Abnehmer finden

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beg [bɛg]

1. vt

a. (entreat) → supplicare, pregare; (favour) → chiedere; (subj, beggar, food, money) → mendicare
he begged me for mercy → mi supplicava di aver pietà
he begged me to help him → mi ha supplicato or pregato di aiutarlo
to beg forgiveness → implorare perdono
I beg your pardon (apologising) → mi scusi (not hearing) → scusi?
I beg to differ → mi permetto di non essere d'accordo

b. this begs the question → questo dà per scontato ciò che dev'essere ancora dimostrato

2. vi (entreat) to beg for → implorare; (beggar) → chiedere l'elemosina or la carità
it's going begging (fam) → non lo vuole proprio nessuno

beg off vi + adv → disdire

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beg [bɛg]

1. vt

a. (entreat) → supplicare, pregare; (favour) → chiedere; (subj, beggar, food, money) → mendicare
he begged me for mercy → mi supplicava di aver pietà
he begged me to help him → mi ha supplicato or pregato di aiutarlo
to beg forgiveness → implorare perdono
I beg your pardon (apologising) → mi scusi (not hearing) → scusi?
I beg to differ → mi permetto di non essere d'accordo

b. this begs the question → questo dà per scontato ciò che dev'essere ancora dimostrato

2. vi (entreat) to beg for → implorare; (beggar) → chiedere l'elemosina or la carità
it's going begging (fam) → non lo vuole proprio nessuno

beg off vi + adv → disdire

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beg

v beg [beg]

1 to ask (someone) for (money, food etc) The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money. bedel يَتَسَوَّل، يَسْتَجْدي прося žebrat tigge betteln ζητιανεύω pedir kerjama گدایی کردن؛ kerjätä mendier לְהִתחַנֵן भीख मांगना moliti, tražiti koldul, kér mengemis betla elemosinare, chiedere l'elemosina 請い求める 구걸하다 prašyti išmaldos, elgetauti ubagot meminta sedekah bedelen tigge żebrać pedir a cere, a cerşi просить подаяния žobrať prosjačiti prositi be (tigga) om ขอทาน dilenmek 乞討 старцювати; жебракувати بھیک مانگنا ، خیرات مانگنا ăn xin 乞讨

2 to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly I beg you not to do it. smeek يَتَوَسَّل إلى моля naléhavě žádat, prosit trygle bitten ικετεύω suplicar anuma خواهش کردن؛ التماس کردن anoa supplier (de) לְהַפצִיר आग्रह करना preklinjati könyörög memohon biðja, sárbæna pregare 懇願する 간청하다 maldauti lūgt; lūgties merayu smeken trygle błagać implorar a ruga умолять naliehavo žiadať / prosiť rotiti preklinjati be, bönfalla ขอความกรุณา yalvarmak, rica etmek 懇求 благати عاجزی سے درخواست کرنا van nài 恳求

n beggar

a person who lives by begging The beggar asked for money for food. bedelaar شَحّاد، مُتَسَوِّل просяк žebrák tigger der Bettler ζητιάνος mendigo kerjus گدا؛ تهیدست kerjääjä mendiant/-ante קַבּצָן भिखारी prosjak koldus pengemis betlari mendicante こじき 걸인 elgeta ubags pengemis bedelaar tigger, betler żebrak pedinte cer­şetor нищий žobrák berač prosjak tiggare คนขอทาน dilenci 乞丐 жебрак; старець بھک منگا ، گداگر nguời ăn xin 乞丐

v

to make very poor He was beggared by the collapse of his firm. arm maak يُفْقِر، يَجْعَلُهُ فَقيرا обеднявам ožebračit gøre til tigger; ruineret an den Bettelstab bringen καταστρέφω οικονομικά arruinar, reducir a la miseria kerjuseks tegema گدا کردن؛ بی چیز کردن köyhdyttää ruiner לרוֹשֵש कंगाल कर देना spasti na prosjački štap koldusbotra juttat bangkrut gera öreiga, setja á hausinn rovinare, ridurre in miseria 貧乏にする 가난하게 만들다 nuskurdinti izputināt menjadi papa rua aneren gjøre til tigger, ruinere doprowadzić do nędzy empobrecer a ruina доводить до нищеты ožobráčiť bankrotirati, obubožati osiromašiti ruinera, göra till tiggare ทำให้ยากจนลง fakirleştirmek, dilenciye çevirmek 使貧窮 пустити по світу قلاش ہو جانا làm nghèo đi 使贫穷

beggar description

to be so great in some way that it cannot be described Her beauty beggars description. onbeskryflik wees يجلُّ عن الوَصْف، فَوْقَ الوَصْف неописуем vymykat se popisu trosse enhver beskrivelse das Vorstellungsvermögen übersteigen ξεπερνώ κάθε περιγραφή superar cualquier descripción kirjeldamatu olema توصیف ناپذیر sanat eivät riitä kuvailemaan défier מִעֶבֶר לַמְתוֹאָר अवर्णनीय neopisivo, nemoguće dočarati leírhatatlan sulit dilukiskan verður ekki með orðum lÿst essere indescrivibile 筆舌に尽くしがたい 말로는 충분히 표현할 수 없다 neapsakomas būt neaprakstāmam tidak tergambarkan alle beschrijving tarten trosse enhver beskrivelse być nie do opisania ultrapassar qualquer descrição a nu se putea descrie în cuvinte не поддаётся описанию nedať sa opísať upirati se činiti nedovoljnim trotsa all beskrivning ยิ่งใหญ่จนไม่อาจบรรยายได้ kelimelerle anlatılmaz, tarifi imkânsız 筆墨難以形容 забиває дихання ناقابلِ بیان ہونا không thể tả được 难以用笔墨形容

beg to differ

to disagree You may think that he should get the job but I beg to differ. Stem nie saam nie إسْمَح لي أن أُخالِفَكَ Не съм съгласен mít jiný názor tillade (mig) at have en anden mening sich erlauben, anderer Meinung zu sein διαφωνώ estar en desacuerdo, no compartir la misma idea eriarvamusel olema مخالفت کردن olla eri mieltä être d'un autre avis לַחלוֹק עַל असहमति जताना ne slagati se különvéleménye van tidak sependapat leyfi mér að vera á annarri skoðun non essere d'accordo 意見が違う 생각이 다르다 būti kitos nuomonės atļauties nepiekrist tidak setuju een andere mening toegedaan zijn tillate seg å ha en annen mening/oppfatning być innego zdania discordar a fi de altă părere позволю не согласиться mať iný názor biti drugačnega mnenja dopustiti sebi da drugačije mislite tillåta sig att ha en annan uppfattning ไม่เห็นด้วย kabul etmemek, aynı fikirde olmamak 不同意 не погодитися اختلاف کرنا ، غیر متفق ہونا xin có ý kiến ngược lại 不同意

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beg → يَستجدي vyžebrat tigge betteln ικετεύω suplicar kerjätä supplier moliti implorare 物乞いをする 구걸하다 bedelen tigge poprosić implorar, pedir просить tigga ขอร้อง dilenmek ăn xin 乞求