English noun: appeal | |||
1. | appeal (communication) earnest or urgent request | ||
Samples | An entreaty to stop the fighting. An appeal for help. An appeal to the public to keep calm. | ||
Synonyms | entreaty, prayer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adjuration, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, solicitation, suit, suit, supplication, wooing | ||
2. | appeal (attribute) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | ||
Samples | His smile was part of his appeal to her. | ||
Synonyms | appealingness, charm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attractiveness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | siren call, siren song, winsomeness | ||
3. | appeal (act) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | ||
Samples | Their appeal was denied in the superior court. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
4. | appeal (communication) request for a sum of money | ||
Samples | An appeal to raise money for starving children. | ||
Synonyms | collection, ingathering, solicitation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | petition, postulation, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | whip-round | ||
English verb: appeal | |||
1. | appeal (social) take a court case to a higher court for review | ||
Samples | He was found guilty but appealed immediately. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | challenge | ||
2. | appeal (communication) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | ||
Samples | Appeal to somebody for help. Invoke God in times of trouble. | ||
Synonyms | invoke | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | call on, plead, turn | ||
3. | appeal (emotion) be attractive to | ||
Samples | The idea of a vacation appeals to me. The beautiful garden attracted many people. | ||
Synonyms | attract | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance | ||
Antonyms | repel, repulse | ||
4. | appeal (social) challenge (a decision) | ||
Samples | She appealed the verdict. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | challenge, take exception | ||
5. | appeal (communication) cite as an authority; resort to | ||
Samples | He invoked the law that would save him. I appealed to the law of 1900. She invoked an ancient law. | ||
Synonyms | invoke | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | ||