(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
The Prime Minister ~ed to young people to use their vote...
He will ~ to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits...
The United Nations has ~ed for help from the international community.
VERB: V to/for n to-inf, V to n for n, V for n
2.
An ~ is a serious and urgent request.
Romania’s government issued a last-minute ~ to him to call off his trip.
= petition
N-COUNT: oft N for/to n, N to-inf
3.
An ~ is an attempt to raise money for a charity or for a good cause.
...an ~ to save a library containing priceless manuscripts...
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N for n
4.
If you ~ to someone in authority against a decision, you formally ask them to change it. In British English, you ~ against something. In American English, you ~ something.
He said they would ~ against the decision...
We intend to ~ the verdict...
Maguire has ~ed to the Supreme Court to stop her extradition.
VERB: V against n, V n, V to n to-inf
5.
An ~ is a formal request for a decision to be changed.
Heath’s ~ against the sentence was later successful...
The jury agreed with her, but she lost the case on ~.
N-VAR
see also Court of Appeal
6.
If something ~s to you, you find it attractive or interesting.
On the other hand, the idea ~ed to him...
VERB: V to n
7.
The ~ of something is a quality that it has which people find attractive or interesting.
Its new title was meant to give the party greater public ~...
= attraction
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
see also sex ~
8.
see also ~ing