| Definition of 'call for' |
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1. (verb) 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. (verb) 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. (verb) invite, call for
request the participation or presence of
"The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
4. (verb) 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"
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1. (verb) call for
to ask publicly that sth be done
They are calling for changes in the law.
2. call for
to require a particular type of treatment or skill
a situation that calls for diplomacy
3. call for
to say that a type of weather is probable
a forecast calling for humidity and heat
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Sense: to demand or require
This calls for quick action.
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 Afrikaans: vereis |
 Arabic: يَتَطَلَّب، يَقْتَضي |
 Bulgarian: изисквам |
 Brazilian: pedir |
 Czech: vyžadovat |
 German: erfordern |
 Danish: kræve |
 Greek: απαιτώ |
 Spanish: exigir |
 Estonian: nõudma |
 Farsi: نیاز داشتن؛ ایجاب کردن |
 Finnish: vaatia |
 French: exiger |
 Hebrew: צוֹרֵך |
 Hindi: मांगना |
 Croatian: zahtjev |
 Hungarian: igényel |
 Indonesian: memerlukan |
 Icelandic: kallará, krefjast |
 Italian: richiedere |
 Japanese: 要求する |
 Korean: 요구하다 |
 Lithuanian: reikalauti |
 Latvian: []prasīt |
 Malay: perlu |
 Dutch: vergen |
 Norwegian: kreve; mane til |
 Polish: wymagać |
 Persian: نیاز داشتن؛ ایجاب کردن |
 Pashto: ضرورت درلودل |
 Portuguese: pedir |
 Romanian: a cere, a pretinde |
 Russian: требовать(ся) |
 Slovak: vyžadovať |
 Slovenian: zahtevati |
 Serbian: zahtevati |
 Swedish: kräva |
 Thai: เรียกร้อง |
 Turkish: gerektirmek, istemek |
 Taiwanese: 要求 |
 Ukrainian: вимагати |
 Urdu: طلب کرنا ، ضرورت ہونا |
 Vietnamese: yêu cầu |
 Chinese: 要求 |
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