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claim
[ kleym ]
verb (used with object)
- to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:
to claim an estate by inheritance.
- to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to:
to claim payment for services.
- to assert or maintain as a fact:
She claimed that he was telling the truth.
- to require as due or fitting:
to claim respect.
verb (used without object)
- to make or file a claim:
to claim for additional compensation.
noun
- a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
He made unreasonable claims on the doctor's time.
Synonyms: call, requisition, request
- an assertion of something as a fact:
He made no claims to originality.
- a right to claim or demand; a just title to something:
His claim to the heavyweight title is disputed.
- something that is claimed, especially a piece of public land for which formal request is made for mining or other purposes.
- a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers' compensation law, etc.:
We filed a claim for compensation from the company.
claim
/ kleɪm /
verb
- to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to
he claimed the record
- takes a clause as object or an infinitive to assert as a fact; maintain against denial
he claimed to be telling the truth
- to call for or need; deserve
this problem claims our attention
- to take
the accident claimed four lives
noun
- an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due
- an assertion of something as true, real, or factual
he made claims for his innocence
- a right or just title to something; basis for demand
a claim to fame
- lay claim to or stake a claim toto assert one's possession of or right to
- anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner
- law a document under seal, issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some specified act former name writ 1
- a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc
- the sum of money demanded
Derived Forms
- ˈclaimer, noun
- ˈclaimable, adjective
Other Words From
- claima·ble adjective
- claimless adjective
- mis·claim verb (used with object)
- non·claima·ble adjective
- over·claim verb (used with object)
- pre·claim verb (used with object) noun
- super·claim noun
- un·claimed adjective
- un·claiming adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of claim1
Word History and Origins
Origin of claim1
Idioms and Phrases
- lay claim to, to declare oneself entitled to:
I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws.
More idioms and phrases containing claim
In addition to the idiom beginning with claim , also see lay claim to ; stake a claim .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After a year of claiming he had nothing to do with Project 2025, President-elect Donald Trump is appointing one of its chief architects to lead the Office of Management and Budget, multiple outlets reported.
While Gaetz promised to break “the cycle of weaponizing DOJ,” some seemed sure he would do just that, especially given Trump’s claimed mandate to gut the entire department.
The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
This year’s winner of France’s biggest book prize is being sued in Algeria over claims he stole the story from a patient of his psychiatrist wife.
He later claimed he had taken the short journey by car because his wife, Pauline, did not like to have her hair blown about on the seafront.
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More About Claim
What does claim mean?
To claim something is to maintain that the something is a fact, as in The company claims its product cures hiccups.
A claim is the assertion of a fact, as in The claim that Shayna has a beautiful voice was proved when she began to sing.
To claim is also to demand one’s right to something, such as to claim payment for a service given.
As a noun, this claim can be the demand for that something, such as a claim on your time.
Example: My ancestors laid claim to this land decades ago and I don’t plan on letting it go any time soon.
Where does claim come from?
The first records of the term claim come from around 1250. It ultimately comes from the Latin clāmāre, meaning “to cry out.”
A claim can be a formal request for something owed or due, such as a claim to the legal ownership of a property. You might make a claim that an item was damaged on arrival through the seller’s form, which would make you eligible for a replacement or a refund.
Laying claim to something means to describe yourself as entitled to that thing. For example when a scientist develops a new theory and publishes it, they have laid claim to their academic findings.
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What are some other forms related to claim?
- claimable (adjective)
- claimless (adjective)
- misclaim (verb)
- nonclaimable (adjective)
What are some synonyms for claim?
What are some words that share a root or word element with claim?
What are some words that often get used in discussing claim?
How is claim used in real life?
Claim is usually used in relation to legal or official situations.
2020 is yours…. Claim it.
— Jordan Daley (@JDaIey) December 29, 2019
ppl just not as solid and real as they claim
— RUSS (@russdiemon) February 9, 2020
Everybody claim to be real but I see the lies here
— THE VOICE (@lildurk) April 3, 2020
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True or False?
To make a claim is to give up all rights to something.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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