The phrase "ask for understand" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "ask for understanding"? You can use the corrected phrase when you want someone to be empathetic or to grasp your situation or feelings.
Example: "I hope you can ask for understanding as I explain my reasons for the decision."
Alternatives: "request empathy" or "seek comprehension".
Joe and his family always ask for and understand the costs of procedures.
Banks have been repaying customers who didn't want, ask for or understand PPI - an insurance against missing loan repayments.
The world doesn't quite stop while I read, but my space in it is unaccounted for--what better context can one ask for to understand For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut?
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Sometimes (often in my case), the first few words or phrases seem unconnected; however, it may take a few apparently disconnected phrases before the connection becomes clear, before the meaning surfaces, before I have the wit I asked for to understand what is being presented.
Further research on lifestyle changes have therefore been asked for to understand how successful weight maintenance can be achieved [ 7].
Because our children come home and ask for help to understand it.
The court asked for (and understood that it had received) an undertaking from the Treasury solicitor to stay deportation.
If any member of the medical staff says something that you don't understand, ask for an explanation.
Learning how to work hard, provide good customer service, overcome challenges, ask for the sale, and understand the value of a dollar are invaluable life lessons that kids simply can't get from a textbook".
Your instinctive contempt for her displays of sorrow, and how she's been able to elicit comfort, raises questions about whether you received what you needed 10 years ago, when you were so young and less equipped to ask for support, or even understand how to grieve.
