Claim
[kleɪm] or [klem]
Definition
(noun.) demand for something as rightful or due; 'they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day'.
(noun.) an informal right to something; 'his claim on her attentions'; 'his title to fame'.
(noun.) an assertion of a right (as to money or property); 'his claim asked for damages'.
(noun.) an assertion that something is true or factual; 'his claim that he was innocent'; 'evidence contradicted the government's claims'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; 'He claimed that he killed the burglar'.
(verb.) lay claim to; as of an idea; 'She took credit for the whole idea'.
(verb.) ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; 'They claimed on the maximum allowable amount'.
(verb.) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; 'He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter'; 'Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident'.
Typed by Lillian--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v./.) To proclaim.
(v./.) To call or name.
(v./.) To assert; to maintain.
(v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A loud call.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Require, ask, demand, challenge, call for.
v. n. Derive a right, obtain a title.
n. [1]. Demand, call, requisition.[2]. Right, pretension, title, privilege.
Checker: Sophia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assertion, vindication, pretension, title, right, privilege, arrogation,demand
ANT:Waiving, abjuration, disclaimer, surrender
SYN:Demand, ask, require, insist, pretense, right, privilege, title, request,maintain
ANT:Forego, waive, disclaim, abjure, disavow, abandon, concede, surrender, repudiate
Checker: Patrice
Definition
v.t. to call for: to demand as a right.—n. a demand for something supposed due: right or ground for demanding: the thing claimed.—adj. Claim′able that can be claimed.—n. Claim′ant one who makes a claim.—Lay claim to to assert a right.
Typist: Margery
Examples
- So the world was kind enough to call him; and so he was, if more than twenty years of residence gave him a claim to the title. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was therefore from the beginning a divided thing of uncertain power, a claim and an argument rather than a necessary reality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their's. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Art cannot claim to be on a level with philosophy or religion, and may often corrupt them. Plato. The Republic.
- The reader will naturally be disposed to ask whether it is intended to claim that Edison has brought about all this magnificent growth of the electric-lighting art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oh, don't suppose that I claim attention for My humble words! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Superiority of birth supposes an ancient superiority of fortune in the family of the person who claims it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Graham, however, must go: his was a profession whose claims are neither to be ignored nor deferred. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I only wonder that our claims, contending against the superior claims of Mr and Mrs Boffin, had any weight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For if it were, its claims would be incomparable, imperative. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Pardon me, Miss Halcombe, he said, still keeping his hand over his face, pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is true the Confederates had, so far, held their capital, and they claimed this to be their sole object. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The air they claimed too, shared it up, parcelled it out to certain owners, they trespassed in the air to fight for it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the two central figures claimed all my attention. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The box, when claimed, to be only given up by Messrs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may chuse to allow. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I say nothing of his plea for claiming my confidence. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The proprietor visited Washington while I was President to get his pay for this property, claiming that it was private. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On his claiming my promise, I told him I did not dance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the workers in cheap clothing shops organized to prevent the introduction of the machines, claiming that they would destroy their livelihood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On the whole a most pleasant face to look atespecially for, those claiming a right to that youth's affections--parents, for instance, or sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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