Dictionary entry details
• CALL FOR (verb)
Meaning:
Express the need or desire for; ask for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call for; request; bespeak; quest
Context examples:
She requested an extra bed in her room / She called for room service
Hypernyms (to "call for" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call for"):
order (make a request for something)
claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)
call for; invite (request the participation or presence of)
ask in; invite (ask to enter)
desire (express a desire for)
beg (ask to obtain free)
arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)
ask over; ask round; invite (invite someone to one's house)
call (call a meeting; invite or command to meet)
ask out; invite out; take out (make a date)
book; hold; reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)
demand (ask to be informed of)
beg off; excuse (ask for permission to be released from an engagement)
ask (make a request or demand for something to somebody)
encore (request an encore, from a performer)
petition (write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing)
demand (request urgently and forcefully)
appeal; invoke (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection)
supplicate (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer)
apply (ask (for something))
beg; solicit; tap (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)
reserve (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance)
challenge (ask for identification)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Require as useful, just, or proper
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
require; necessitate; need; call for; demand; postulate; involve; ask; take
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call for"):
cry for; cry out for (need badly or desperately)
cost (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice)
draw (require a specified depth for floating)
govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood)
claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)
imply; involve (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Request the participation or presence of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call for; invite
Context example:
The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
Hypernyms (to "call for" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Gather or collect
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
gather up; pick up; call for; collect
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "call for" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
