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1. Express the need or desire for
   "She called for room service";
   - request, ask for, bespeak, quest
    
2. Must previously have happened or existed, happen or be in place during (in order for stated thing to be happening or be the case)
   "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";
   - necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, demand
    
3. Request the participation or presence of
   "The organizers call for submissions of papers for the conference";
   - invite
    
4. Go to meet, esp. to then take somewhere in a vehicle
   "She called for the children at the day care centre";
   - collect, pick up, gather up

Derived forms: calls for, calling for, called for

Type of: acquire, communicate, get, pass, pass along, pass on, put across