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# appeal

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

«appeal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To appeal for something is to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for help. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m3)
4. In sport, players appeal to the umpire or referee. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/#m5)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «appeal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appeal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appeal.html) on Mova free.