Call For (Verb)

Meaning 1

Express the need or desire for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Request
  • Bespeak
  • Ask For
  • Quest

Hypernyms

  • Pass On
  • Communicate
  • Pass
  • Put Across

Hyponyms

  • Supplicate
  • Ask Over
  • Appeal
  • Call
  • Apply
  • Invite
  • Hold
  • Lay Claim
  • Arrogate
  • Ask
  • Claim
  • Encore
  • Ask In
  • Beg Off
  • Tap
  • Beg
  • Ask Out
  • Call For
  • Order
  • Reserve
  • Challenge
  • Excuse
  • Invoke
  • Petition
  • Solicit
  • Demand
  • Desire
  • Ask Round
  • Invite Out
  • Book

Meaning 2

Require as useful, just, or proper; "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"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Necessitate
  • Need
  • Ask
  • Involve
  • Demand
  • Require
  • Postulate
  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Cry For
  • Cry Out For
  • Exact
  • Compel
  • Cost
  • Claim
  • Govern
  • Draw
  • Take

Meaning 3

Request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Invite

Hypernyms

  • Request
  • Bespeak
  • Call For
  • Quest

Meaning 4

Gather or collect; "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".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Gather Up
  • Collect
  • Pick Up

Hypernyms

  • Acquire
  • Get
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