call for

Verb

call for (third-person singular simple present calls for, present participle calling for, simple past and past participle called for)

1. To shout out in order to summon (a person).
   • I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.
2. To ask for in a loud voice.
   • We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine.
3. (figuratively) To request, demand.
   • The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region.
   • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013
4. To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate
   • This situation calls for a high degree of courage.
   • Streams of Mercy never ceaſing,
     Call for Songs of loudeſt Praiſe:1759, Robert Robinson, “Hymn I”, in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ: Meeting in Angel-Alley, Whitechappel, Margaret-Street, near Oxford-Market, and other churches in...
5. To stop at a place and ask for (someone).
   • I'll call for you just after midday.
6. (US, informal) To anticipate, predict.
   • The forecast calls for rain.