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claim    Audio Help   [kleym] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
5.to make or file a claim: to claim for additional compensation.
–noun
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, esp. 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.
—Idiom
11.lay claim to, to declare oneself entitled to: I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws.
[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME claimen < AF, OF claimer < L clāmāre to cry out; (n.) ME < AF, OF cla(i)me, n. deriv. of the v.]

—Related forms
claim·a·ble, adjective
claimless, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See demand. 6. request, requisition, call.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  claim
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  assertive, alleged, claimed
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  claim
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due.
Synonyms:  pretense, pretension, title
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  claim
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  arrogation, demand, postulate, premise, pretension, requisition, right, title
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

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