call for

Definitions

1. 1

   To shout out in order to summon (a person).

   • I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.
2. 2

   To ask for in a loud voice.

   • We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine.
3. 3

   To request, demand.

   • The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region.
   • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
   • In fact, he had called for the execution of Yun Chich'ung and Kwon Sangyon in 1791.
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   1. 4

      To necessitate, demand, exact

      To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate

      • This situation calls for a high degree of courage.
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      • This called for an immediate response. A factory-wide meeting was called, and the head of the Workers' Rebellion Organization announced that a "counter-revolutionary clique" was on the loose.
   2. 5

      To stop at a place and ask for (someone).

      • I'll call for you just after midday.
   3. 6

      To anticipate, predict.

      • The forecast calls for rain.

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