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Meaning of CLAIM

Pronunciation:  kleym

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  1. [n]  demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
  2. [n]  an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
  4. [n]  an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
  5. [n]  an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
  6. [n]  a demand especially in the phrase"the call of duty"
  7. [v]  take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
  8. [v]  assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"; "The guru claimed many followers"
  9. [v]  lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
  10. [v]  ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

CLAIM is a 5 letter word that starts with C.


 Synonyms: arrogate, call, exact, lay claim, take, title
 Antonyms: disclaim, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
 See Also: affirm, allegation, allegement, ascribe, ask, assert, assertion, asseveration, assign, aver, averment, avow, bespeak, bespeak, call for, call for, charge, contend, counterclaim, demand, demand, demand, entitlement, insurance claim, involve, legal right, make out, necessitate, need, own right, postulate, pretend, pretension, profess, purport, quest, quest, request, request, require, requisition, right, swan, swear, verify



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  1. \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v.?. [imp. & p. p. {Claimed}
    (kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Claiming}.] [OE. clamen,
    claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
    calare to proclaim, Gr. ? to call, Skr. kal to sound, G.
    holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
       demand as due.
    2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.
    3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
    4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
  2. \Claim\, v. i.
    have a claim.
          We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
          claims, came by his authority.           --Locke.
  3. \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See
    {Claim}, v. t.]
    1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on
       another for something due or supposed to be due; an
       assertion of a right or fact.
    2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,
       privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also,
       a title to anything which another should give or concede
       to, or confer on, the claimant. ``A bar to all claims upon
       land.'' --Hallam.
       one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a
       miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]
    4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser
    {To lay claim to}, to demand as a right. ``Doth he lay claim
       to thine inheritance?'' --Shak.
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