call for

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar exigência, necessidade ou pedido público de algo, bem como para apontar que algo é necessário ou apropriado.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of demanding, requiring, or publicly requesting something, or to suggest that something is necessary or appropriate.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. formal

   To demand or require something, often in a formal or urgent way.

   Exigir

   • The situation calls for immediate action.
   • The job calls for a high level of expertise.
   • The crisis called for a strong response from the government.

   Sinônimosask fordemandentailinvolvenecessitaterequestrequireurge

2. Collect or pick upinformalbritish

   To go to a place to collect someone or something.

   Passar para pegar

   • I'll call for you at 8 o'clock.
   • The courier will call for the package tomorrow.
   • She called for her dry cleaning on the way home.

   Sinônimoscollectfetchgetpick up

3. Shout forinformal

   To shout or speak loudly to get someone's attention or request their presence.

   Chamar

   • He called for help when he fell.
   • She called for her children to come inside.
   • The man called for a waiter to bring the bill.

   Sinônimoscry out for

Verbo basecall