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The correct spelling is appeal.
How to pronounce appeal
/əˈpiːl/
nounIPA: /əˈpiːl/
Say it like: App-eel
The correct spelling is appeal. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. For example: "He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival."
Usage Examples
“He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.”
“I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.”
“That idea appeals to me.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
- 2.The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
- 3.The right of appeal.
- 4.An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
- 5.An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
verb
- 1.To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
- 2.To call on (someone) for aid
- 3.(informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
- 4.To be attractive.
- 5.To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
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