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call for

verb

1 call for

Express the need or desire for.

synonyms: ask for, bespeak, quest, request.

Roget 765: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; ... show more

Dutch: vragen

2 call for

Require as useful, just, or proper.

synonyms: ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take.

Roget 741: command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.    prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, ... show more

Roget 630: require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire.    render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; ... show more

3 call for

Request the participation or presence of.

synonym: invite.

Dutch: laden, nodigen, uitnodigen, vragen

4 call for

Gather or collect.

synonyms: collect, gather up, pick up.


noun

Roget 630: requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency, pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death.    needfulness, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: affect, apply for, ask, ask for, assume, bare necessities, be hurting for, be indicated, beg leave, bespeak, bid come, blackmail, bring, bring back, brook no denial, call, call away, call back, call forth, call in ... show more.

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