direct appeal

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandappeal

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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appeal
noun
uk
/əˈpiːl/us
/əˈpiːl/
a request to the public for money, information, ...
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(Definition ofdirectandappealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect appeal

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Thedirectappealto semantics does not necessitate positing separate production and comprehension grammars.
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It was also possible for a plaintiff to make adirectappealverbally, choosing a moment when the magistrate came out of the yamen.
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Calls for open c discussions and explorations served as adirectappealto the young.
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He can do so by criticizing it as falling short of its own standards, or bydirectappealto his own conscience.
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Moving beyond adirectappealto moral intuition, there are basically two ways of assessing such an idea.
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The literary text could be used by the reader without anydirectappealto its economic value.
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The first is adirectappealto intuitions.
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Chamberlain continued to be convinced that he could effectively make adirectappealto labour over the heads of the trade union leadership.
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The process ofdirectappealfocused attention on the institution of the monarchy, on the expectations of the monarch held by his subjects, and on the moral dimensions of governance.
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In those circumstances there can be adirectappealto the director general.
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What is there in this proposal of disinterested management which causes such adirectappealto the advocates of democracy?
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This circular was issued in order to make adirectappealto caterers to avoid waste of bread.
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I make adirectappealto teachers to accept that they have won.
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It is adirectappeal, meaning, in effect, that factories should be established.
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I believe there is nothing like adirectappealto the eye.
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This scheme makes nodirectappealto the necessitous areas.
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That must be sought, if needed, by a moredirectappeal.
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Education should take the form of physical, motor and sensory training rather than of anydirectappeal to its intellect, which is undeveloped and immature.
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I cannot say whether this suggestion or adirectappealto the workers engaged in the industry may have the best result.
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In short, he made adirectappealfor a class war.
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