call for

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verb

1. express the need or desire for;
ask for (Freq. 24)
- She requested an extra bed in her room
- She called for room service
• Syn:
request, bespeak, quest
• Derivationally related forms:
request (for: request)
• Hypernyms:
communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
• Hyponyms:
order, ask, encore, petition, demand,
appeal, invoke, supplicate, apply, solicit, beg,
tap, reserve, challenge, excuse, beg off, claim,
invite, ask in, desire, lay claim, arrogate, ask over,
ask over, call, ask out, invite out, take out,
hold, book
• Verb Group:
invite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. require as useful, just, or proper (Freq. 21)
- 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
• Syn:
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require,
take, involve, demand
• Ant:
obviate (for: necessitate)
• Derivationally related forms:
demand (for: demand), requirement (for: require), need (for: need), necessity (for: necessitate)
• Hyponyms:
claim, take, exact, govern, draw,
cost, cry out for, cry for, compel
• Verb Group:
claim, take, exact
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: necessitate)
3. request the participation or presence of (Freq. 1)
- The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
• Syn:
invite
• Derivationally related forms:
invitatory (for: invite), invitation (for: invite)
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, quest
• Verb Group:
request, bespeak, quest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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
• Syn:
collect, pick up, gather up
• Derivationally related forms:
pickup (for: pick up)
• Hypernyms:
get, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody