claim (Meaning)

Wordnet

claim (n)

an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

an assertion that something is true or factual

demand for something as rightful or due

an informal right to something

an established or recognized right

a demand especially in the phrase

Wordnet

claim (v)

assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

lay claim to; as of an idea

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

Webster

claim (v./.)

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

To proclaim.

To call or name.

To assert; to maintain.

Webster

claim (v. i.)

To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

Webster

claim (n.)

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.

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.

The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

A loud call.

claim Sentence Examples

  1. He made a bold claim that he could solve the problem in under an hour.
  2. The company's claim of having the best customer service was backed by numerous satisfied testimonials.
  3. She submitted her insurance claim for the damages caused by the accident.
  4. The scientist's groundbreaking claim challenged the conventional understanding of physics.
  5. The suspect denied any involvement in the crime, despite the strong evidence against him, prompting skepticism towards his claim of innocence.
  6. The politician's claim of reducing unemployment was met with skepticism by the opposition.
  7. The advertisement made an extravagant claim about the product's ability to reverse aging.
  8. His claim to the throne was disputed by several other contenders.
  9. The archaeologist's claim of discovering a lost civilization was met with excitement by the scientific community.
  10. She hesitated to believe his claim of love, having been deceived before.

FAQs About the word claim

an assertion of a right (as to money or property), an assertion that something is true or factual, demand for something as rightful or due, an informal right to

assert, allege,insist, declare, maintain, contend, proclaim, warrant, protest, defend

deny,deny,reject, negative, disprove, dispute, gainsay, negate, abandon, gainsay

He made a bold claim that he could solve the problem in under an hour.

The company's claim of having the best customer service was backed by numerous satisfied testimonials.

She submitted her insurance claim for the damages caused by the accident.

The scientist's groundbreaking claim challenged the conventional understanding of physics.