claim
claim definition
claim (klām)
transitive verb
- to demand or ask for as rightfully belonging or due to one; assert one's right to (a title, accomplishment, etc. that should be recognized) to claim a record in the high jump
- to call for; require; deserve a problem that claims attention
- ☆ to state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert
Etymology: ME claimen < OFr claimer, to call, claim < L clamare, to cry out: see clamor
noun
- a demand for something rightfully or allegedly due
- a right or title to something her sole claim to fame
- something claimed, as
- a piece of land staked out by a settler or miner
- money demanded for an insurance settlement
- ☆ a statement, as a fact, of something that may be called into question; assertion
Related Forms:
- claimable claim′·able adjective
claim Idioms
lay claim to
to assert one's right or title to
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