call for

v 1: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an

extra bed in her room" [syn: {request}, {bespeak}, {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 demands

a spectacular dessert" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask}, {need},

{require}, {take}, {involve}, {demand}] [ant: {obviate}]

3: ask to come; "summon a lawyer" [syn: {summon}]

4: request the participation or presence of; "The organizers

invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn: {invite}]

5: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday";

"She picked up the children at the day care center" [syn:

{collect}, {pick up}, {gather up}]

6: summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were

called in" [syn: {call in}]

7: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn: {summon},

{summons}, {cite}]

8: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of

affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard

work took its toll on her" [syn: {claim}, {take}, {exact}]