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Noun claim has 6 senses
- claim - an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
--1 is a kind of assertion, averment, asseveration
--1 has particulars: pretension
- claim - an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
--2 is a kind of assertion, averment, asseveration
--2 has particulars: allegation, allegement
- claim - demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
--3 is a kind of demand
--3 has particulars: insurance claim
- claim, title - an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
--4 is a kind of right
- title, claim - an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
--5 is a kind of legal right
--5 has particulars: own right; entitlement
- call, claim - a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
--6 is a kind of demand
Verb claim has 5 senses
- claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
--1 is one way to affirm
Antonyms: disclaim
Sample sentence:
They claim to move
- claim, lay claim, arrogate - 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"
--2 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Antonyms: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- claim - ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
--3 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
--4 is one way to affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
Antonyms: disclaim
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- claim, take, exact - 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"
--5 is one way to necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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