appeal A₁P₃P₃E₁A₁L₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

2. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.

3. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.

   “I have an appeal against the lower court decision.”

4. A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.

   “He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.”

Verb 4 meanings

1. Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

   “Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.”

2. To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).

   “The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.”

3. To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.

4. To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.

   “I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.”

Similar and opposite words

• REAL₄
• DEAL₅
• MEAL₆
• IDEAL₆
• REVEAL₉
• STEAL₅
• SEAL₄
• HEAL₇
• REPEAL₈
• CEREAL₈
• NEAL₄
• SURREAL₇

• APPEAR₁₀
• APNEAL₈