call for

Verb

• gather or collect
  • You can get the results on Monday
    
  • She picked up the children at the day care center
    
  • They pick up our trash twice a week
    

• request the participation or presence of
  • The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
    

• require as useful, just, or proper
  • It takes nerve to do what she did
    
  • success usually requires hard work
    
  • This job asks a lot of patience and skill
    
  • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
    
  • This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
    
  • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
    

• express the need or desire for; ask for
  • She requested an extra bed in her room
    
  • She called for room service
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  collect , pick up , gather up , invite , necessitate , ask , postulate , need , require , take , involve , demand , request , bespeak , quest
• Antonyms: 
  obviate , rid of , eliminate