Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)request, ask for, bespeak, call for, questexpress the need or desire for“She requested an extra bed in her room”,
“She called for room service”,
“when you call, always ask for Mary” (v)necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandrequire as useful, just, or proper“It takes nerve to do what she did”,
“success usually requires hard work”,
“This job asks a lot of patience and skill”,
“This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”,
“This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”,
“This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent” (v)invite, call forrequest the participation or presence of“The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference” (v)collect, pick up, gather up, call forgather or collect“You can get the results on Monday”,
“She picked up the children at the day care center”,
“They pick up our trash twice a week”