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1 VERB If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them. □ [V + to/for ] The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use their vote. □ [V + to ] He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits. □ [V + for ] The United Nations has appealed for help from the international community.

2 N‑COUNT [N to-inf] An appeal is a serious and urgent request. □ [+ to ] Romania's government issued a last-minute appeal to him to call off his trip.

3 N‑COUNT [oft N to-inf] An appeal is an attempt to raise money for a charity or for a good cause. □  …an appeal to save a library containing priceless manuscripts.

4 VERB If you appeal to someone in authority against a decision, you formally ask them to change it. In British English, you appeal against something. In American English, you appeal something. □ [V + against ] He said they would appeal against the decision. □ [V n] We intend to appeal the verdict. □ [V + to ] Maguire has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop her extradition.

5 N‑VAR An appeal is a formal request for a decision to be changed. □ [+ against ] Heath's appeal against the sentence was later successful. □  The jury agreed with her, but she lost the case on appeal.

6 → see also Court of Appeal

7 VERB If something appeals to you, you find it attractive or interesting. □ [V + to ] On the other hand, the idea appealed to him. [Also V ]

8 N‑UNCOUNT The appeal of something is a quality that it has which people find attractive or interesting. □  Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.

9 → see also sex appeal

10 → see also appealing SYNONYMS appeal VERB 1

beg:I begged to be allowed to leave.

request:They requested him to leave.

plead:The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home.

implore:Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock. NOUN 2

plea:…an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet.

call:There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement.

request:Vietnam made an official request that the meeting be postponed.

ap|pea l cou rt (appeal courts ) N‑COUNT An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal .

ap|peal|ing /əpiː l I ŋ/

1 ADJ Someone or something that is appealing is pleasing and attractive. □  There was a sense of humour to what he did that I found very appealing.

2 ADJ An appealing expression or tone of voice indicates to someone that you want help, advice, or approval. □  She gave him a soft appealing look that would have melted solid ice.

3 → see also appeal

ap|pea l tri|bu |nal (appeal tribunals ) N‑COUNT An appeal tribunal is a special court or committee that is formed to reconsider a decision made by another court or committee.

ap|pear ◆◆◆ /əp I ə ^r / (appears , appearing , appeared )