verb
- Be pertinent or relevant or applicable.
- usage: "The same laws apply to you"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"
- Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.
- usage: "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
- Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.
- usage: "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
- synonyms: hope
- Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.
- usage: "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
- Make an attempt at achieving something.
- usage: "She tried for the Olympics"
- synonyms: try for
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