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APPEAL definition: 1. a request to the public for money, information, or help: 2. a request made to a court of law or…. Learn more.
1. law : a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court. 2. a. : an application (as to a recognized authority) for corroboration, vindication, or decision. b. : an earnest plea : entreaty. an appeal for help. c. : an organized request for donations. the annual fundraising appeal. 3.
APPEAL meaning: 1. a request to the public for money, information, or help: 2. a request made to a court of law or…. Learn more.
To appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.: to appeal for contributions to a cause. To petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted: to petition for more playgrounds.
verb. /əˈpiːl/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] to make a deeply felt request, especially for something that is needed immediately. I am appealing (= asking for money) on behalf of the famine victims. appeal for something Community leaders appealed for calm (= urged people to remain calm).
To appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.: to appeal for contributions to a cause. To petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted: to petition for more playgrounds. entreat suggests pleading: The captured knight entreated the king not to ...
n. 1. An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication. 2. A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision: an appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy. 3. Law. a. A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court. b. A case so reviewed. c.
Appeal means "to ask, or address." If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't appeal to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it.
noun. /əˈpiːl/ [countable, uncountable] a deeply felt request for money, help or information that is needed immediately, especially one made by a charity or by the police. appeal for something to launch a TV appeal for donations to the charity. appeal to somebody He made an emotional appeal to voters.
APPEAL meaning: 1. a request to the public for money, information, or help: 2. the quality in someone or something…. Learn more.
