claim

Definitions

1. 1verb

   To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

2. 2verb

   To proclaim.

3. 3verb

   To call or name.

4. 4verb

   To assert; to maintain.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

6. 6noun

   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.

7. 7noun

   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.

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9noun

   A loud call.

10. 10noun

    demand for something as rightful or due

    "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"

11. 11noun

    an informal right to something

    "his claim on her attentions"

    "his title to fame"

    Synonyms

    title
12. 12noun

    an established or recognized right

    "a strong legal claim to the property"

    "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"

    Synonyms

    title
13. 13noun

    an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

    "his claim asked for damages"

14. 14noun

    an assertion that something is true or factual

    "his claim that he was innocent"

    "evidence contradicted the government's claims"

15. 15noun

    a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

    Synonyms

    call
16. 16verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    exacttake
17. 17verb

    assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

    "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

18. 18verb

    lay claim to; as of an idea

    "She took credit for the whole idea"

    Synonyms

    take
19. 19verb

    ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

    "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

20. 20verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    arrogate