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Meaning appeal meaning

What does appeal mean?
Definitions in simple English

appeal Noun

— An appeal is a strong or official request. In an emotional appeal, Sevan asked the two groups to stop the fighting. But as the problems in Iraq deepen, America may appeal directly to Iran for help. The school launched an appeal to raise money for the new library. — An appeal is a request for an earlier decision to be changed, especially in law. Her application was refused, her appeal was rejected, and when she failed to leave, she was arrested. That decision was overturned on appeal. His conviction is under appeal. — If something has appeal, people have good feelings about it, like it, or want it. It was a type of game that had universal appeal to male and female. That is part of the appeal of the ride, the sense of danger. Beatty is still fabulous at 55, but will marriage dim his sex appeal? Spike Lee is loved by the critics, but has never had huge audience appeal.

appeal Verb

— If you appeal for something, you ask for it, often strongly or officially. The people appealed for help as huge fires advanced towards their homes. — If you appeal a decision, you ask for it to be changed, especially in law. The defense notified the State Supreme Court that it would appeal the conviction. — If you something appeals to you, you have good feelings about it, like it, or want it. Adventure, money, sex, and violence appeal to large numbers of people. You've got a product that you think will appeal to an audience that's under 21 years old,

appeal

— noun (= entreaty) earnest or urgent request an entreaty to stop the fighting an appeal for help an appeal to the public to keep calm — noun attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates his smile was part of his appeal to her — noun (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 — verb take a court case to a higher court for review He was found guilty but appealed immediately — verb (= invoke) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection appeal to somebody for help Invoke God in times of trouble — verb (= attract) be attractive to The idea of a vacation appeals to me The beautiful garden attracted many people — verb challenge (a decision) She appealed the verdict — verb (= invoke) cite as an authority; resort to He invoked the law that would save him I appealed to the law of 1900 She invoked an ancient law — noun request for a sum of money an appeal to raise money for starving children

Synonyms appeal synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as appeal?

appeal English » English

request petition plea plead entreaty attraction charm call beg attract invoke allure supplication solicitation demand beseech address solicit prayer pray implore entreat complaint complain ask protest please lure draw claim apply appealingness suit collection beauty attractiveness asking application allurement turn tempt tap summons summon sue strength seek seductiveness seduce resort

Topics appeal topics

What do people use appeal to talk about?
Language and thought Want

Request
Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Attract
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Make an appeal
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Interested

Conjugation appeal conjugation

How do you conjugate appeal?

appeal · verb

Examples appeal examples

How do I use appeal in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Television has a great appeal for him.
The production has visual appeal for the audience.
I will appeal against the sentence.
Do these paintings appeal to you?
Between you and me, Tom's idea doesn't appeal to me very much.
She is loaded with sex appeal.
There was a look of appeal in her eyes.
The defendant will appeal to a higher court.
Do not resort to the sword but appeal to reason.
He's got lots of sex appeal.
We should appeal to reason instead of resorting to violence.
The appeal was rejected.
The defendant was granted an appeal.
The lawyer decided to appeal the case.
Let's appeal to the public and see what it will say.
Mary has a lot of sex appeal.
I appeal to stop the bloodshed immediately.
I appeal to any members of the public with information to come forward.
Like the colour blue, stoats are one of the things that appeal to me on a primal level.

Movie subtitles

I must say Murdoch, I'm starting to see the appeal.
Jack had lots of appeal for Georgia.
Bernard gazed rapturously upon his old rags. Their folds breathed the perfume of the outdoors, the appeal to liberty!
Why don't you appeal to the soldiers?
Sex appeal?
It's also an appeal, Your Majesty.
An appeal?
I'm sure my beautiful room. will appeal to your artistic sense.
As far as I'm concerned, her whole sex appeal is in that safe.
There's more sex appeal coming on the first of the month.
The police appeal to the public to keep calm and to admit uniformed search parties to all property.
Now I appeal to you to help us keep the public calm.
These sex dramas don't appeal to me.
Mr Christian, I appeal to you sir.
They were also writing an appeal to the people.
Gentlemen, I appeal to you.
There's more sex appeal coming on the first of the month. It's only ten days.
Do you think my personality and figure will appeal to the public?
The appeal lies in its cruelty.
Make her see. Appeal to her reason.
I'm gonna throw myself on her mercy and appeal to her heart.
I must appeal to your social conscience.
They got as much sex appeal as a clothing-store dummy.
Before we go any further, gentlemen. I wish to appeal to a boy. Who has been annoying our class for several days.
But I must appeal to his moral sense.
I know I shall not appeal to his moral sense.. in vain.
Baron, I have come here to make one last appeal to your better nature.
Appeal to her reason.
They claim they're finding they have to appeal more to the general public, and for the first time in their history, they're contemplating going into a five-cent magazine, theNational Weekly.
This ruby has such sex appeal!

News and current affairs

Communism, still wrapped in the laurel leaf of anti-fascism, had a wide intellectual and emotional appeal, not only in the so-called Third World, but also in Western Europe.
Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.
This idea has great appeal to people in the region, but only the EU can make it happen.
We can dig into their family histories in strife-torn Dagestan, or examine, once again, the lethal appeal of Islamist radicalism.
So I appeal to all of you working for newspapers, radio, and television stations outside the United States: it is to you that we - including those of us in America - must look to discover what our own government is doing.
The problem is that this call is more likely to appeal to the highly educated, already privileged classes than to those who feel disenfranchised in today's global economy.
Such continuing political inertia leaves an increasingly young Arab population prey to the appeal of extremist ideologies, while driving the best and brightest to seek their fortune elsewhere.
An independent Palestinian state that did not include all of Israel held no appeal to him.
Moreover, the popular appeal of radical religion, ideology, and misinformation should not be underestimated.
Moreover, the metaphor of war constitutes an implicit appeal to intense mobilization, not only by a country that comes under attack, but also by its friends and allies.
Likewise, the appeal of war has ruled out the prospect of serious negotiations between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.
But I remain hopeful that we will prevail in the end, when higher courts hear Tempo's appeal.
Some form of debt-friendly stimulus might ultimately appeal to voters if they could be convinced that raising taxes does not necessarily mean hardship or increased centralization of decision-making.
At the same time, with Monti's coalition failing to gain traction, reflecting the historically limited appeal of classic bourgeois parties in Italy, many observers are wondering what his role in the next government will be.
The Taliban, for example, have consistently used an anti-women policy to appeal to tribal and rural people.
When eight European leaders published their appeal to heal the growing transatlantic rift, they were accused of undermining European unity.
In this sense, monarchy is a little like Islam, or the Catholic Church: all believers are supposed to be equal in the eyes of God, or the Pope, or the Emperor - hence the appeal to the poor and the marginalized.
But it would be a mistake simply to dismiss their appeal with no effort to comprehend its source.
Palin has not managed to secure the support and mentorship of the Republican Party establishment, and will continue to showcase her odd appeal as a media personality.
The second reason that Bachmann and Palin appeal to so many Americans - and this should not be underestimated, either - has to do with a serious historical misreading of feminism.
In the case of Palin - and especially that of Bachmann - we ignore the wide appeal of right-wing feminism at our peril.
The shine may have come off the EU, but the gripping scenes from Kyiv's Maidan Square are a powerful reminder of the enduring appeal of Europe's core values.
With the euro looking less appetizing as a diversification play away from the dollar, gold's appeal has naturally grown.
It is easy to see the appeal of scrapping today's global financial architecture, because there is obviously much that is broken.
They appeal, above all, to the logic of popular suspicion that perhaps becomes inevitable when a proud nation is suddenly laid low: Pigna, like Lanata, presents a history full of conspiracy, lies, treason, and corruption.

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