0 to need or deserve a particular action, remark, or quality:
This calls for a celebration!
It's the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.
He told you that you were an idiot? Well, I don't think that was called for (= I think it was rude and not deserved)!
Members have called for his resignation.
1 to say publicly that something should happen or is necessary:
call for a ban/inquiry/investigation, etc. They called for an investigation into how the investments were made and who is responsible.
