Meaning & Definition of Appeal in English

1. Earnest or urgent request

• "An entreaty to stop the fighting"

• "An appeal for help"

• "An appeal to the public to keep calm"

2. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

• "His smile was part of his appeal to her"

3. (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

• "Their appeal was denied in the superior court"

4. Request for a sum of money

• "An appeal to raise money for starving children"

1. Take a court case to a higher court for review

• "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"

2. Request earnestly (something from somebody)

• Ask for aid or protection

• "Appeal to somebody for help"

• "Invoke god in times of trouble"

3. Be attractive to

• "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"

• "The beautiful garden attracted many people"

4. Challenge (a decision)

• "She appealed the verdict"

5. Cite as an authority

• Resort to

• "He invoked the law that would save him"

• "I appealed to the law of 1900"

• "She invoked an ancient law"