Dictionary entry details
• APPEAL (noun)
Meaning:
Earnest or urgent request
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
entreaty; appeal; prayer
Context examples:
an entreaty to stop the fighting / an appeal for help / an appeal to the public to keep calm
Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):
asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):
courting; courtship; suit; wooing (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage))
suit (a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank)
solicitation (an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status)
plea; supplication (a humble request for help from someone in authority)
demagoguery; demagogy (impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace)
adjuration (a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something)
Meaning:
Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
appealingness; charm; appeal
Context example:
his smile was part of his appeal to her
Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):
attractiveness (a beauty that appeals to the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):
siren call; siren song (the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous)
winsomeness (childlike charm or appeal)
Meaning:
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
their appeal was denied in the superior court
Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Meaning:
Request for a sum of money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ingathering; solicitation; collection; appeal
Context example:
an appeal to raise money for starving children
Hypernyms ("appeal" is a kind of...):
petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeal"):
whip-round (solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose)
• APPEAL (verb)
Meaning:
Take a court case to a higher court for review
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
He was found guilty but appealed immediately
Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
appeal; invoke
Context examples:
appeal to somebody for help / Invoke God in times of trouble
Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appeal"):
plead (appeal or request earnestly)
call on; turn (have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Be attractive to
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
appeal; attract
Context examples:
The idea of a vacation appeals to me / The beautiful garden attracted many people
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appeal"):
becharm; beguile; bewitch; captivate; capture; catch; charm; enamor; enamour; enchant; entrance; fascinate; trance (attract; cause to be enamored)
beckon (appear inviting)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Challenge (a decision)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
She appealed the verdict
Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):
challenge; take exception (raise a formal objection in a court of law)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cite as an authority; resort to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
invoke; appeal
Context examples:
He invoked the law that would save him / I appealed to the law of 1900 / She invoked an ancient law
Hypernyms (to "appeal" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
