'call for' definitions:
Definition of 'call for'
(from WordNet)
verb
Express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn: request, bespeak, call for, quest]
verb
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" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
verb
Request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn: invite, call for]
verb
Synonyms of 'call for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect,
- apply for,
- ask,
- ask for,
- assume,
- bare necessities,
- be hurting for,
- be indicated,
- beg leave,
- bespeak,
- bid come,
- blackmail,
- bring,
- bring back,
- brook no denial,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- challenge,
- chase after,
- cite,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- comprise,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- contain,
- contribution,
- convene,
- convoke,
- crave,
- cry for,
- cry out for,
- demand,
- demand for,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- desire,
- dictate,
- draft,
- drain,
- duty,
- entail,
- essential,
- essentials,
- evoke,
- exact,
- exaction,
- extort,
- extortion,
- extortionate demand,
- fetch,
- fetch and carry,
- file for,
- get,
- go after,
- go and get,
- go fetch,
- go for,
- go get,
- go to get,
- have occasion for,
- heavy demand,
- implicate,
- imply,
- impose,
- imposition,
- impost,
- indent,
- indispensable,
- insistent demand,
- invoke,
- involve,
- issue an ultimatum,
- lead to,
- leave no option,
- levy,
- make a demand,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make application,
- must,
- must item,
- muster,
- muster up,
- necessaries,
- necessitate,
- necessities,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- nonnegotiable demand,
- notice,
- oblige,
- obtain,
- occasion,
- order,
- order up,
- page,
- pick up,
- place an order,
- preconize,
- prerequire,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- procure,
- put in for,
- put in requisition,
- recall,
- request,
- require,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- retrieve,
- run after,
- rush,
- rush order,
- screw,
- secure,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- shag,
- subpoena,
- subsume,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- summons,
- take,
- take doing,
- take in,
- take no denial,
- tax,
- taxing,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- tribute,
- ultimatum,
- want,
- want doing,
- warn,
- warning,
- whistle for,
- wish
Words containing 'call for'
- At call,
- Call,
- Calle,
- Called,
- Calling,
- On call,
- To call down,
- To call for,
- To call in,
- To call off,
- To call on,
- To call out,
- To call over,
- To call up,
- call at,
- call down,
- call in,
- call off,
- call on,
- call out,
- call up,
- so called,
- Call bird,
- Call boy,
- Call note,
- Call of the house,
- Call to the bar,
- Calling crab,
- Effectual calling,
- Fatigue call,
- House of call,
- Quail call,
- Roll call,
- So-called,
- To call a bond,
- To call a party,
- To call back,
- To call forth,
- To call names,
- To call the roll,
- To call to account,
- To call to mind,
- To call to order,
- To call to the bar,
- To call upon,
- Watering call,
- bugle call,
- call attention,
- call attention to,
- call back,
- call box,
- call center,
- call centre,
- call fire,
- call forth,
- call forwarding,
- call girl,
- call into question,
- call it a day,
- call it quits,
- call loan,
- call mark,
- call number,
- call on the carpet,
- call option,
- call the shots,
- call the tune,
- call to order,
- call waiting,
- call-in,
- call-out,
- calling card,
- calling hare,
- calling into question,
- calling together,
- close call,
- collect call,
- conference call,
- crank call,
- curtain call,
- distress call,
- effectual call,
- function call,
- local call,
- mail call,
- margin call,
- muster call,
- name calling,
- phone call,
- port of call,
- service call,
- sick call,
- siren call,
- system call,
- telephone call,
- toll call,
- trunk call,
- To call any one names,
- call one's bluff,
- call-back,
- call-board,
- supervisor call instruction,
- wake-up call,
- bell-like call,
- long-distance call,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- three-way calling,
- two-note call