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# appeal

«appeal» in Mova's school dictionary: **to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (appeal, appeals, appealed, appealing); noun (an appeal, appeals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To appeal for something is to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m1)

2) If something appeals to you, you like it or find it attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m2)

3) (law) To appeal is to ask a higher court or person to change a decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m3)

4) In sport, players appeal to the umpire or referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m4)

5) Noun: a request, a charity collection, or the attractive quality of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In news (police appeal for witnesses), charities (a school appeal for the food bank), sport (cricket appeal «Howzat!»), law and fairness; phrases «appeal to», «lose its appeal», «on appeal».

### examples

- The police appealed for witnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x1)
- Our school appeal raised money for flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x2)
- Camping doesn't appeal to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x3)
- The game lost its appeal after a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x4)
- The bowler appealed, but the umpire said not out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x5)
- The family will appeal against the court's decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x6)
- I appealed to Mum to let me stay up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x7)
- “Tootles,” she cried, “I appeal to you.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#x8)

### note

Adjective: appealing (attractive). «Appeal to» = attract, or ask someone; «appeal against» (UK) / «appeal» (US) a decision. Double p, single l, but appealed, appealing.

### In the corpora

- [It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appeal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.