The meaning of Appeal

noun

The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Usage examples:

People for whom gold holds no allure

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

verb

Cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.

Usage examples:

A campaign to attract more visitors to shetland

verb

To cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something

Usage examples:

An open flame attracts moths., the tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city.,…

verb

To make people want to visit a place or find out more about something

Usage examples:

Attract visitors/audiences/fans the exhibition attracted over 10,000 visitors., attract interest/at…

noun

The action or power of evoking interest in or liking for someone or something.

Usage examples:

The timeless attraction of a good tune

noun

The quality of being pleasing or appealing to the senses.

Usage examples:

This scheme could enhance the attractiveness of the area

noun

The quality of being very pleasing in appearance or sound

Usage examples:

She is well aware of her attractiveness to men., physical attractiveness is very important to some …

noun

A combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Usage examples:

I was struck by her beauty

adjective

Good; excellent (used as a general term of approval).

Usage examples:

That's beauty mate, and a nice fish too!

noun

An attractive quality that gives pleasure to those who experience it or think about it, or a person who has this attractive quality

Usage examples:

[ u ] the grand canyon’s natural beauty attracts tourists from all over., [ c ] at 37 she was known…

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Usage examples:

He begged his fellow passengers for help

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Usage examples:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Usage examples:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

Give (a baby or animal) a specified name.

Usage examples:

They called their daughter hannah

noun

A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

A nearby fisherman heard their calls for help

noun

Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.

Usage examples:

He has tremendous charisma and stage presence

noun

The ability to attract the attention and admiration of others, and to be seen as a leader

Usage examples:

To be a great leader, a person has to have some charisma., he was the charismatic leader his people…

noun

The power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.

Usage examples:

His charm has captivated the media

verb

Delight greatly.

Usage examples:

The books have charmed children the world over

adjective

Denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

noun

A feeling of great pleasure; delight.

Usage examples:

The enchantment of the mountains

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially because something is very beautiful

Usage examples:

The audience looked on in utter fascination and enchantment., this is a place of enchantment and be…

verb

Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).

Usage examples:

He ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage sutton's attention

adjective

(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.

Usage examples:

He was determined that his writing and thinking should be engagé

verb

Consume all of one's attention or time

verb

Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.

Usage examples:

A show which should entice a new audience into the theatre

verb

To attract someone to a particular place or activity by offering something pleasant or advantageous

Usage examples:

People are enticed away from government jobs by higher salaries.

noun

Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure.

Usage examples:

Financial enticements

noun

The act of persuading someone to do something by offering them something pleasant

Usage examples:

One of the enticements of the job is the company car., foreign investors were offered every imagina…

verb

Attract the strong attention and interest of (someone).

Usage examples:

I've always been fascinated by computers

verb

To have someone’s complete interest and attention

Usage examples:

Anything to do with airplanes and flying fascinates him., the children were fascinated by the story…

noun

The power to fascinate someone; the quality of being fascinating.

Usage examples:

Television has always held a fascination for me

noun

The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.

Usage examples:

She looked about her with interest

verb

Excite the curiosity or attention of (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought the book might interest eliot

verb

Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by your question

noun

The secret planning of something illicit or detrimental.

Usage examples:

The cabinet was a nest of intrigue

verb

To interest someone, often because of an unusual or unexpected quality

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by his slow, deliberate way of talking and the serious look in his eyes., she has w…

verb

Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something.

Usage examples:

We were invited to a dinner at the embassy

noun

An invitation.

Usage examples:

No one turns down an invite to one of mickey's parties

verb

To ask someone in a polite or friendly way to come somewhere, such as to a party, or to formally ask someone to do something

Usage examples:

Architects were invited to submit their designs for a new city hall., i think we should invite her …

verb

Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

Usage examples:

The child was lured into a car but managed to escape

noun

Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.

Usage examples:

The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls

noun

Variant spelling of lur.

noun

A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.

Usage examples:

Relativity would arrive, not from concerns over the flaws in newton's mechanics, but rather from co…

noun

The power of a magnet to attract other objects

Usage examples:

Fig. elvis’s animal magnetism (= powerful physical attraction) made him a beloved celebrity to mill…

verb

Make an emotional appeal.

Usage examples:

She pleaded with them not to gag the boy

verb

To make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something

Usage examples:

She appeared on television to plead for help in finding her child., to plead guilty/not guilty

verb

To say in a court of law if you are guilty or not guilty of something that you have been accused of

Usage examples:

Plead guilty/not guilty to sth they pleaded guilty to price-fixing and paid a $45 million fine.

verb

Cause to feel happy and satisfied.

Usage examples:

He arranged a fishing trip to please his son

adverb

Used in polite requests or questions.

Usage examples:

Please address letters to the editor

exclamation

Commonly used in order to make a request more polite, or, sometimes, to make it stronger or urgent

Usage examples:

Could i please have some ketchup for my hamburger?, please be sure to take all your personal belong…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

noun

The process or an act of looking at something in detail again

Usage examples:

His solicitors asked for a re-examination of the terms of his contract.

noun

The act of considering something again; review.

Usage examples:

A careful reconsideration of the existing approaches

noun

The act of thinking about changing a decision, especially in a court of law

Usage examples:

The court refused the appeal for reconsideration., the lawyers recommend that we seek reconsiderati…

noun

The act of thinking again about a decision or opinion and deciding if you want to change it

Usage examples:

They are calling for a serious reconsideration of the national drinking age., a motion for reconsid…

noun

A second or further trial on the same issues and with the same parties.

Usage examples:

The judge ordered a retrial

noun

A new trial of a law case

Usage examples:

The appeals court ordered a retrial.

noun

A new trial of a law case

Usage examples:

The serious fraud office is more likely to drop the case rather than face a costly retrial.

noun

The quality of making someone feel attracted to you and want to have sex with you

Usage examples:

He has a sweet, boy-next-door seductiveness., the dangerous seductiveness of new technology

verb

Institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.

Usage examples:

She is to sue the baby's father

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

verb

To encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong

Usage examples:

I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake!, any free offer is always tempting.

verb

To make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

Usage examples:

Tempt someone into doing something the offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car., [ +…

noun

The desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

He resisted the temptation to call celia at the office

noun

The desire to have or do something, esp. something wrong, or something that causes this desire

Usage examples:

[ u ] it’s not easy to resist temptation., [ c ] ice cream is always a real temptation for me.