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to make a questionable statement about something
claim(noun)an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
"his claim asked for damages"
claim(noun)an assertion that something is true or factual
"his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
claim(noun)demand for something as rightful or due
"they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
claim, title(noun)an informal right to something
"his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
title, claim(noun)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"
call, claim(verb)a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
claim(verb)assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
"He claimed that he killed the burglar"
claim, lay claim, arrogate(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"
claim(verb)ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
"They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
claim, take(verb)lay claim to; as of an idea
"She took credit for the whole idea"
claim, take, exact(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"
an entitlement to somethingI'm announcing my claim to that last slice of pizza
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of somethinga shareholder has a claim in the business
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of somethingGalileo's claim that the moon has a very irregular surface and thus is not the perfect sphere that the ancients had imagined
something that someone insists upon havingyoung children make great claims on their parents' time
to state as a fact usually forcefullypeople who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authorityafter many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance
to deprive of lifecancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year
to have as a requirementcaring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time
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