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Definitions for Claim

[1] to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
[2] to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services.
[3] to assert or maintain as a fact: She claimed that he was telling the truth.
[4] to require as due or fitting: to claim respect.
[5] to make or file a claim: to claim for additional compensation.
[6] a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right: He made unreasonable claims on the doctor's time.
[7] an assertion of something as a fact: He made no claims to originality.
[8] a right to claim or demand; a just title to something: His claim to the heavyweight title is disputed.
[9] something that is claimed, especially a piece of public land for which formal request is made for mining or other purposes.
[10] 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.
[11] lay claim to , to declare oneself entitled to: I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws.
[12] to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to he claimed the record
[13] (takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial he claimed to be telling the truth
[14] to call for or need; deserve this problem claims our attention
[15] to take the accident claimed four lives
[16] an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due
[17] an assertion of something as true, real, or factual he made claims for his innocence
[18] a right or just title to something; basis for demand a claim to fame
[19] lay claim to or stake a claim to to assert one's possession of or right to
[20] anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner
[21] 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
[22] a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc the sum of money demanded

Words related to Claim

case, requirement, interest, plea, suit, request, assertion, application, call, allegation, demand, petition, hold, challenge, defend, insist, assert, collect, need, take

Words nearby Claim

claes, clafouti, clag, claggy, claiborne, claim, claim check, claim-jumper, claimant, claimer, claiming race

Origin of Claim

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English claimen < Anglo-French, Old French claimer < Latin clāmāre to cry out; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cla (i )me, noun derivative of the v.

Other words from Claim

claim·a·ble , adjective
claim·less , adjective
mis·claim , verb (used with object)
non·claim·a·ble , adjective
o·ver·claim , verb (used with object)
pre·claim , verb (used with object), noun
su·per·claim , noun
un·claimed , adjective
un·claim·ing , adjective

Word origin for Claim

C13: from Old French claimer to call, appeal, from Latin clāmāre to shout

Synonyms for Claim

allegation, application, assertion, call, case, demand, interest, petition, plea, request, requirement, suit, affirmation, birthright, counterclaim, declaration, dibs, due, entreaty, lien, part, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, requisition, title, ultimatum