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Appeal
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Appeal
/ə'piːl/
A request for a change in a decision or an attempt to make something attractive or interesting.
Synonyms:
plea
request
petition
charm
attraction
Antonyms:
repel
dismiss
ignore
disinterest
Examples:
The movie has great
appeal
to teenagers.
He made an
appeal
for help during the crisis.
Etymology:
The word
appeal
comes from the Latin
appellare,
meaning
to call upon,
which evolved through Old French
apeleir.
Usage Statistics:
40 mentions per 1 million words
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