WordNet
adj. appropriate or even needed in the circumstances; "a change is in order" [syn: in order(p)]
Usage examples of "called for".
I, and others of the landsmen, were violently sea-sick, and Lesly had some difficulty in handling the brig, as the boisterous weather called for two men at the helm.
He called for verbal confirmation, and the flitter told him in a no-nonsense contralto that it was ready for takeoff.
The initial design had called for a machine to be situated on the surface of the planet Earth, to function as a relay station and coordinating agent for activities in the northern hemisphere.
The Center called for it and Berlin was charged with putting it together.
Mr Jorrocks, the magistrate is late, which means you'll not be called for another half-hour.
Successfully invading an entire hemisphere and carrying a war to inhabitants possessing equal technology called for more of an investment than these B’.
Gore Commission called for the acquisition of fifty-four high-tech bomb-detection machines known as the CTX 5000, a baggage scanner that is a bargain at $1 million and will cost only $100,000 a year to service.
Roraqk called for a driver and guard as he headed toward a midsized vehicle already poised near the doors.