Tra từ bespeak - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. be a signal for or a symptom of (Freq. 1)
- These symptoms indicate a serious illness
- Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
- The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
• Syn:
betoken, indicate, point, signal
• Derivationally related forms:
signal (for: signal), indicative (for: indicate), indication (for: indicate), indicant (for: indicate), indicator (for: indicate)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast, predict, mark
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: point)
2. express the need or desire for;
ask for
- She requested an extra bed in her room
- She called for room service
• Syn:
request, call for, 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, call for, ask in, desire, lay claim, arrogate,
ask over, ask round, call, ask out, invite out, take out,
hold, book
• Verb Group:
invite, call for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody