appeal to someone for something

appeal to someone for something
appeal to someone for something
iemand (om) iets verzoeken, iemand om iets smeken

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  • appeal — ap|peal1 [ ə pil ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to make an urgent request for people to give you something that you need such as help, money, or information: appeal (to someone) for something: They re appealing to local businesses for sponsorship… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • appeal */*/*/ — I UK [əˈpiːl] / US [əˈpɪl] noun Word forms appeal : singular appeal plural appeals 1) a) [countable] an urgent request for people to give you something that you need such as help, money, or information appeal for: The police have renewed their… …   English dictionary

  • call someone or something to witness — archaic appeal or refer to someone or something for confirmation or evidence of something his hands extended upward as if to call the heavens to witness this injustice …   Useful english dictionary

  • appeal — ap|peal1 W1S2 [əˈpi:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(request)¦ 2¦(request for money)¦ 3¦(request to change decision)¦ 4¦(being attractive)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(REQUEST)¦ an urgent request for something important appeal for ▪ The police have issued a new ap …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • appeal — 1 noun 1 (C) an urgent request for something important such as money or help, especially to help someone in a bad situation (+ for): The United Nations appeal for a ceasefire has been largely ignored by both sides. | appeal to sb to do sth: an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • appeal — ▪ I. appeal ap‧peal 1 [əˈpiːl] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] LAW an official request to a higher authority for a decision made by a court, committee etc to be changed: • The company s appeal against the assessment will be determined at the… …   Financial and business terms

  • appeal — [[t]əpi͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦ appeals, appealing, appealed 1) VERB If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them. [V to/for n to inf] Deng Xiaoping recently appealed for students to return to China... [V to n for n] …   English dictionary

  • Appeal to authority — An appeal to authority or argument by authority is a type of argument in logic called a fallacy. It bases the truth value of an assertion on the authority, knowledge, expertise, or position of the person asserting it. It is also known as argument …   Wikipedia

  • Appeal to novelty — The appeal to novelty (also called argumentum ad novitatem ) is a fallacy in which someone prematurely claims that an idea or proposal is correct or superior, exclusively because it is new and modern. In a controversy between status quo and new… …   Wikipedia

  • Appeal to probability — The appeal to probability is a logical fallacy. It assumes that because something could happen, it is inevitable that it will happen. This is flawed logic, regardless of the likelihood of the event in question. The fallacy is often used to… …   Wikipedia

  • Appeal to spite — An appeal to spite (also called argumentum ad odium) is a fallacy in which someone attempts to win favor for an argument by exploiting existing feelings of bitterness, spite, or schadenfreude in the opposing party. Instead of an argument being… …   Wikipedia

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