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单词 calling (for)
释义

calling (for) 1 of 2

verb

present participle of call (for)
1
as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • demanding
  • requiring
  • clamoring (for)
  • pressing (for)
  • stipulating (for)
  • requesting
  • insisting (on)
  • claiming
  • commanding
  • asking
  • wanting
  • enjoining
  • questing
  • exacting
  • pleading (for)
  • needing
  • crying (for)
  • taking
  • necessitating
  • imposing
  • requisitioning
  • warranting
  • harassing
  • dunning
  • badgering
  • hounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • yielding
  • relinquishing
  • surrendering
  • giving up
2
as in seeking
to make a request for called for someone to help with planning the club's party

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • seeking
  • requesting
  • speaking (for)
  • pleading (for)
  • suing (for)
  • asking (for)
  • desiring
  • clamoring (for)
  • begging (for)
  • applying (for)
  • requiring
  • wishing (for)
  • questing
  • urging
  • pressing (for)
  • petitioning (for)
  • demanding
  • insisting (on)
  • soliciting
  • bespeaking
  • inviting
  • importuning
  • claiming
  • requisitioning
  • invoking
  • enjoining
  • exacting

calling for

2 of 2

phrase

present participle of call for
1
as in ordering
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority The bill calls for tighter regulation.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ordering
  • requesting
  • asking
  • requiring
  • calling
  • mandating
  • directing
  • demanding
  • dictating
  • commanding
  • decreeing
  • ordaining
  • petitioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rescinding
  • canceling
  • cancelling
  • countermanding
2
as in requiring
to have as a requirement This calls for a toast!

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • requiring
  • needing
  • taking
  • wanting
  • involving
  • demanding
  • claiming
  • challenging
  • necessitating
  • warranting
  • clamoring (for)
  • crying (for)
  • hurting (for)
  • bearing
  • asking
  • entailing
  • begging
  • claiming
  • lacking
  • insisting
  • enjoining
  • stipulating
  • pressing
  • exacting
  • commanding
  • questing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • having
  • holding
  • owning
  • possessing
3
as in requesting
to give a request or demand for The position calls for someone with a master's degree.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • requesting
  • ordering
  • putting in (for)
  • asking (for)
  • requisitioning
  • licensing
  • hiring
  • commissioning
  • chartering
  • soliciting
  • licencing
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