Appeal

noun

ə'pil

Noun

earnest or urgent request
“an appeal for help”
“an appeal to the public to keep calm”
Similar:EntreatyPrayer
Type of:RequestAsking
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
“his smile was part of his appeal to her”
Similar:AppealingnessCharm
Type of:Attractiveness
request for a sum of money
“an appeal to raise money for starving children”
Similar:CollectionIngatheringSolicitation
Type of:PostulationRequestPetition
(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
“their appeal was denied in the superior court”
Type of:ProceedingsProceeding

request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
“appeal to somebody for help”
Similar:Invoke
Type of:QuestRequestBespeak
cite as an authority; resort to
“I appealed to the law of 1900”
Similar:Invoke
Type of:NameMentionAdvert
be attractive to
“The idea of a vacation appeals to me”
Similar:Attract
challenge (a decision)
“She appealed the verdict”
Type of:Challenge
take a court case to a higher court for review
“He was found guilty but appealed immediately”
Type of:Challenge