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