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English Dictionary: call for by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
call for
v
  1. express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
    Synonym(s): request, bespeak, call for, quest
  2. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
    Synonym(s): necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
    Antonym(s): eliminate, obviate, rid of
  3. request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
    Synonym(s): invite, call for
  4. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
    Synonym(s): collect, pick up, gather up, call for
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