call_for | ||
1. | [ verb ] express the need or desire for; ask for | |
Synonyms: | request quest bespeak | |
Examples: | "She requested an extra bed in her room" "She called for room service" |
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Related terms: | communicate ask reserve call demand ask claim order apply claim invite solicit invite desire petition beg reserve appeal invite reserve challenge ask_out supplicate encore demand excuse invite | |
2. | [ verb ] require as useful, just, or proper | |
Synonyms: | require need demand take necessitate involve ask postulate | |
Examples: | "It takes nerve to do what she did" "success usually requires hard work" "This job asks a lot of patience and skill" "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice" "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert" |
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Related terms: | obviate imply cost claim cry_out_for draw govern claim need requirement necessity necessity | |
3. | [ verb ] ask to come | |
Synonyms: | summon | |
Examples: | "summon a lawyer" |
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Related terms: | call page convoke beckon buzz evocation | |
4. | [ verb ] request the participation or presence of | |
Synonyms: | invite | |
Examples: | "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" |
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Related terms: | request request invitation | |
5. | [ verb ] summon to a particular activity or employment | |
Synonyms: | call_in | |
Examples: | "Experts were called in" |
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Related terms: | call call_in | |
6. | [ verb ] gather or collect | |
Synonyms: | pick_up collect gather_up | |
Examples: | "You can get the results on Monday" "She picked up the children at the day care center" "They pick up our trash twice a week" |
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Related terms: | get pickup | |
7. | [ verb ] call in an official matter, such as to attend court | |
Synonyms: | summon cite summons | |
Related terms: | call vouch demand vouch_in citation | |
8. | [ verb ] take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | |
Synonyms: | take claim exact | |
Examples: | "the accident claimed three lives" "The hard work took its toll on her" |
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Related terms: | necessitate necessitate | |
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