call for

Verb
  1. Express the need or desire for (synset 200754770)
    "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary"
    is a type of: communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across - transmit information
    subtypes:
    • order - make a request for something
    • 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
    • beg off, excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement
    • demand - ask to be informed of
    • 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, ask out, invite out, take out - make a date
    • book, hold, reserve - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
    same as: ask for, bespeak, quest, request
    verb group: call for, invite - request the participation or presence of
  2. Require as useful, just, or proper (synset 202634015)
    "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"
    subtypes:
    • claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    • govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
    • draw - require a specified depth for floating
    • cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
    • cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately
    • compel - necessitate or exact
    same as: ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
    verb group: claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
  3. Request the participation or presence of (synset 201065717)
    "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
    is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    same as: invite
    verb group: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
  4. Gather or collect (synset 202310566)
    "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"
    is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    same as: collect, gather up, pick up

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