What does appealed mean?

Answer 1

The word "appealing" can be used as an adjective, meaning "having appeal", or "being attractive", as the present participle of "appeal", or the act of making an appeal.

Answer 2

Definitions of appeal on the Web: * take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" * request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" * entreaty: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" * attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" * attract: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" * challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict" * (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court" * solicitation: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

Answer 3

The word appealed is based on the verb to appeal, which has two distinct uses, to plead or to be attractive.

Criminal Justice

Appealed means that a case was referred to a higher court for review. A person or group may similarly have appealed, or made a plea or petition, to some authority.

Attractive or Desirable

Appealed means that a person, thing, or activity had some attraction, e.g. The thought of an early promotion has always appealed to ambitious junior executives.

Answer 4

The word "appealing" can be used as an adjective, meaning "having appeal", or "being attractive", as the present participle of "appeal", or the act of making an appeal.