Search results
- Dictionaryappeal/əˈpiːl/
verb
- 1. make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request: "police are appealing for information about the incident" Similar
- 2. apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court: "he said he would appeal against the conviction"
noun
- 1. a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request: "his mother made an appeal for the return of the ring"
- 2. an application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed: "he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal" Similar
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
APPEAL definition: 1. a request to the public for money, information, or help: 2. a request made to a court of law or…. Learn more.
The meaning of APPEAL is a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court. How to use appeal in a sentence.
noun. an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea. Synonyms: invocation, supplication, prayer. a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment, etc. Synonyms: solicitation, suit.
a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision: lodge an appeal She has lodged (= made) an appeal against the severity of the fine. He won his appeal and the sentence was halved. The appeal was rejected by the High Court. See also. appeals court. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
To appeal is to ask earnestly for help or support, on grounds of reason, justice, common humanity, etc.: to appeal for contributions to a cause. To petition is to ask by written request, by prayer, or the like, that something be granted: to petition for more playgrounds. entreat suggests pleading: The captured knight entreated the king not to ...
Appeal means "to ask, or address." If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't appeal to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it.
n. 1. An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication. 2. A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision: an appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy. 3. Law. a. A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court. b. A case so reviewed. c.
noun. /əˈpiːl/ [countable, uncountable] a deeply felt request for money, help or information that is needed immediately, especially one made by a charity or by the police. appeal for something to launch a TV appeal for donations to the charity. appeal to somebody He made an emotional appeal to voters.
to strongly request something, often publicly: The police have appealed for more information. They appealed to the commission to keep the hospital open. appeal verb [I] (ATTRACT) B2. to attract or interest someone: Cycling has never appealed to me. appeal verb [I] (FORMALLY ASK) to formally ask someone to change an official or legal decision:
A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision. An appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy. An urgent request for help, sympathy, etc. A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court.
