appealUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈpiːl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈpil/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə pēl′)
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appeal
In British English, if someone appeals against a legal decision or sentence, they formally ask a court to change the decision or reduce the sentence. He appealed against the five year sentence he had been given. Speakers of American English do not use ‘against’ after appeal. They say that someone appeals a decision. Casey's lawyer said he was appealing the interim decision. 'appeal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "appeal" in the title: ... an appeal to the army <to not, not to> use too much force. - English Only forum
...they are doomed to have to appeal to - English Only forum a fresh appeal - English Only forum a limited appeal - English Only forum a philosopher has to appeal to the laity - English Only forum a significant part of its appeal - English Only forum a slogan <they believed that><they believed><they believed it><that was believed> would appeal - English Only forum a strong appeal with/to - English Only forum A style that has hangar [hanger] appeal - English Only forum an appeal <for>/<to> sb to do sth - English Only forum an appeal to the anecdotal - English Only forum an appeal, a right violated and invoked - English Only forum an explicit appeal to the narcissism of - English Only forum an extraordinary appeal ... striking in its resort to the evidence of his listeners' hearts and bodies. - English Only forum anything more than a limited appeal - English Only forum appeal - English Only forum Appeal - English Only forum Appeal - English Only forum appeal - English Only forum appeal - English Only forum appeal - English Only forum appeal - English Only forum appeal (to) - English Only forum Appeal / attract / aim.. - English Only forum Appeal Court bid - English Only forum Appeal directly to the public, answer their questions. - English Only forum Appeal for action - English Only forum "appeal for help" = "cry for help"? - English Only forum appeal for witnesses - English Only forum Appeal for/to - English Only forum more...
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