urgent appeal

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• urgent appeal — important request, rushed application …   English contemporary dictionary

• urgent — ur|gent [ ɜrdʒənt ] adjective ** 1. ) urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately: He had some urgent business to attend to. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent. in urgent need of something: Refugees there are in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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

• urgent */*/ — UK [ˈɜː(r)dʒ(ə)nt] / US [ˈɜrdʒənt] adjective 1) a) urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately He had some urgent business to attend to. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent. in urgent need of something: The refugees… …   English dictionary

• urgent — adjective Requiring immediate attention. An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance. Syn: pressing See Also: urge …   Wiktionary

• appeal — [ə pēl′] vt. [ME apelen < OFr apeler < L appellare, to accost, apply to, appeal; iterative < appellere, to prepare < ad , to + pellere: see FELT1] 1. to make a request to a higher court for the rehearing or review of (a case) 2. Obs.… …   English World dictionary

• 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 — I n. request request for review 1) to make an appeal 2) (legal) to file, lodge, make; lose; win an appeal 3) (legal) to take an appeal to a higher court 4) (also legal) to deny, dismiss, reject, throw out an appeal 5) a desperate, urgent;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• 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 — [[t]əpi͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦ appeals, appealing, appealed 1) VERB If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them. [V to/for n to inf] Deng Xiaoping recently appealed for students to return to China... [V to n for n] …   English dictionary