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• appeal — ▪ I. appeal ap‧peal 1 [əˈpiːl] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] LAW an official request to a higher authority for a decision made by a court, committee etc to be changed: • The company s appeal against the assessment will be determined at the… …   Financial and business terms

• appeal — ap|peal1 W1S2 [əˈpi:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(request)¦ 2¦(request for money)¦ 3¦(request to change decision)¦ 4¦(being attractive)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(REQUEST)¦ an urgent request for something important appeal for ▪ The police have issued a new ap …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• appeal — ap|peal1 [ ə pil ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to make an urgent request for people to give you something that you need such as help, money, or information: appeal (to someone) for something: They re appealing to local businesses for sponsorship… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• appeal */*/*/ — I UK [əˈpiːl] / US [əˈpɪl] noun Word forms appeal : singular appeal plural appeals 1) a) [countable] an urgent request for people to give you something that you need such as help, money, or information appeal for: The police have renewed their… …   English dictionary

• appeal*/ — [əˈpiːl] noun I 1) [C] an urgent request for people to do something or give something There have been several appeals for an end to the fighting.[/ex] The organization has launched an appeal to send food to the flood victims.[/ex] 2) [U] a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• appeal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 attraction/interest ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, growing, obvious, powerful, special, strong ▪ immediate, i …   Collocations dictionary

• appeal — 1 noun 1 (C) an urgent request for something important such as money or help, especially to help someone in a bad situation (+ for): The United Nations appeal for a ceasefire has been largely ignored by both sides. | appeal to sb to do sth: an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …   Universalium

• Roy Meadow — Professor Sir Samuel Roy Meadow (born 1933) is a British paediatrician who rose to initial fame for his 1977 academic paper on the now controversial Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) and his crusade against parents who wilfully harm or kill… …   Wikipedia