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Appeal Appealed English Authority Decision Formally Change British

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If you a_____ 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.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.
He said they would appeal against the decision.
We intend to appeal the verdict.
Maguire has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop her extradition.
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If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use their vote.
He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits.
The United Nations has appealed for help from the international community.
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.
He said they would appeal against the decision.
We intend to appeal the verdict.
Maguire has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop her extradition.
If something appeals to you, you find it attractive or interesting.
On the other hand, the idea appealed to him.
The range has long appealed to all tastes.
noun
An appeal is a serious and urgent request.
His main message was an appeal for unity in the face of the great weather challenge.
Romania's government issued a last-minute appeal to him to call off his trip.
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.
This is not another appeal for famine relief.
An appeal is a formal request for a decision to be changed.
Heath's appeal against the sentence was later successful.
The jury agreed with her, but she lost the case on appeal.
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.
Johnson's appeal is to people in all walks of life.
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