Synonym: ask, bespeak, collect, demand, gather up, invite, involve, necessitate, need, pick up, postulate, quest, request, require, take. Similar words: call forth, fall for, on behalf of, call, recall, scale, call in, vocal. Meaning: v. 1. express the need or desire for; ask for 2. require as useful, just, or proper 3. request the participation or presence of 4. gather or collect.
271. His call for the sixty - thousand - dollar check at the time had been purely fortuitous.
272. The Mounties are quick to respond to a call for help.
273. His call for a book of the trains had been a sheer piece of impromptu.
274. HDTV proposals call for various numbers of lines: 787, 1,050, 1,125 or 1,250.
275. The Chinese capital is the first port of call for countries and companies that need money.
276. The military government was driven to the last ditch by the universal call for liberty.
277. But why does the King call for Gong - gil so often?
278. Mr. Bernanke has avoided publicly criticizing the White House's call for an independent consumer regulatory agency.
More similar words: call forth, fall for, on behalf of, call, recall, scale, call in, vocal, local, call up, call off, call on, fiscal, call back, logical, radical, ethical, medical, so-called, musical, typical, clinical, vertical, critical, basically, calendar, typically, tropical, chemical, ironically.