implore
/im'plɔ:/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something: To make a very serious, emotional, and often humble request.
- To plead or entreat with great urgency: To ask for something in a way that shows you are in great need or distress.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- She implored the judge for mercy. (She begged the judge very seriously for mercy.)
- I implore you to reconsider your decision. (I earnestly beg you to think about your decision again.)
- The child implored his mother not to leave. (The child desperately pleaded with his mother to stay.)
Advanced Usage
- "to implore someone for something": To beg someone to give you a specific thing.
- The refugees implored the soldiers for food and water.
- "to implore someone to do something": To beg someone to take a specific action.
- He implored his friend to tell the truth.
Variants and Related Words
- Imploring (adj): Having a begging or pleading quality.
- She gave him an imploring look. (Her look was full of desperate pleading.)
- Imploringly (adv): In a begging or pleading manner.
- He spoke imploringly. (He spoke in a way that showed he was begging.)
Synonyms
- Beg: To ask for something earnestly or humbly.
- Plead: To make an emotional appeal.
- Beseech: To ask someone urgently and fervently to do something.
- Entreat: To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
Related Phrases
- To implore forgiveness: To desperately ask to be forgiven.
- He fell to his knees to implore forgiveness.
- To implore aid/help: To desperately ask for assistance.
- The letter implored aid for the starving population.
Verb
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- I beg you to stop!