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cries out for

cries out for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out for.

Meaning of cry out for

Verb

cry out for (third-person singular simple present cries out for, present participle crying out for, simple past and past participle cried out for)

  1. To be in urgent need (of)
    • This state of affairs is crying out for an independent investigation.

Questions about cries out for

What is cries out for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries out for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out for.

Words near cries out for in the dictionary

  1. cries off
  2. cries on
  3. cries one's eyes out
  4. cries oneself to sleep
  5. cries out
  6. cries out for
  7. cries over spilt milk
  8. cries poormouth
  9. cries someone a river
  10. cries stinking fish
  11. cries the blues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cries out for (page history and authors); cry out for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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