call for

phrase

1

: to call (as at one's house) to get

I'll call for you after dinner

2

: to require as necessary or appropriate

the job calls for typing skills

the design calls for three windows

Examples of call for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the wake of the Cornell case, there have been calls for greater regulation and even bans on fraternities. — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

The settlement called for $156,000 in refunds to people in Missouri who paid money or gave contributions to obtain the product in the early days of the pandemic. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Know More Handa likened the push for AI regulation to progressive calls for Democrats to support Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

The recommendations that the group developed call for a company that releases such results to make public the model, exact prompt and compute time behind each one. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for call for

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore