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call for
Overview of verb call-for
The verb call for has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (23) request, bespeak, call for, quest -- (express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service")
2. (21) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (require as useful, just, or proper; "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")
3. (1) invite, call for -- (request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference")
4. collect, pick up, gather up, call for -- (gather or collect; "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")
Antonyms of verb call-for
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb call-for
4 senses of call for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 3
invite, call for
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 4
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb call-for
2 of 4 senses of call for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Sense 2
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb call-for
4 senses of call for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
Sense 2
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 3
invite, call for
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sense 4
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> get, acquire
'Cause To' of verb call-for
Derived Forms of verb call-for
Domain of verb call-for
Domain Terms of verb call-for
Familiarity of verb call-for
call for used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb call-for
4 senses of call for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
invite, call for
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb call-for
3 of 4 senses of call for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> plant, implant
=> send a message
=> relay
=> get across, put over
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> acknowledge, receipt
=> carry
=> render, deliver, return
=> message
=> message
=> reveal, display, show
Sense 3
invite, call for
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Sense 4
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb call-for
Sense 1
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
Sense 3
invite, call for
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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Sense 2
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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Sense 4
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> get, acquire
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