Sue - English meaning

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident

noun

A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

His mother made an appeal for the return of the ring

verb

To be interesting or attractive

Usage examples:

Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old., [ t ] the verdict was appealed t…

verb

Call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.

Usage examples:

Her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder

verb

To formally accuse someone of a particular crime in a court of law and to ask the accused to state guilt or innocence

Usage examples:

He was arraigned on a robbery charge., they pleaded not guilty at their arraignment.

verb

Say something in order to obtain an answer or some information.

Usage examples:

I asked her what she meant

noun

A demand or situation that requires a specified degree of effort or commitment.

Usage examples:

It is a big ask for him to go and play 90 minutes

Make a request or demand for something to somebody

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Usage examples:

He begged his fellow passengers for help

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Usage examples:

His friends entreated him not to go

verb

To try very hard to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] we would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.

verb

Request fervently; beg for.

Usage examples:

A slight testimonial which i thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman

verb

Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Usage examples:

He implored her to change her mind

verb

To ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way

Usage examples:

She implored him not to leave her.

verb

Formally accuse of or charge with a crime.

Usage examples:

His former manager was indicted for fraud

verb

Accuse formally of a crime

verb

To accuse someone officially of a crime

Usage examples:

Five people were indicted on charges of robbery.

verb

To entreat (a person) earnestly; to implore, beseech, supplicate; to beg (a thing).

noun

A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields

verb

Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent

noun

A document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action

Usage examples:

More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…

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

Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization).

Usage examples:

They were prosecuted for obstructing the highway

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information

verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested

noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …

verb

Attempt to find (something).

Usage examples:

They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds

verb

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He called a meeting to solicit their views

verb

To ask for something in a persuasive and determined way

Usage examples:

He’s soliciting funds to keep the library open., grace has run an online campaign to solicit employ…

verb

To ask someone for money

Usage examples:

He created a company website to solicit donations for victims of the disaster., solicit sth from sb…

noun

An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.

Usage examples:

A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb

Serve (someone) with a summons.

Usage examples:

He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

verb

Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

Usage examples:

The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers

verb

To ask for something in a humble way

Usage examples:

I knew i could not go on supplicating for more.