Claim

/kleɪm/ · noun

Meaning

A demand of ownership made for something..

Definitions by Sense

1. A demand of ownership made for something.
2. The thing claimed.
3. The right or ground of demanding.
4. A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
5. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
6. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
7. To demand ownership of.
8. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.

Example Sentences

a claim of ownership

a claim of victory

You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.

The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.

Bailey, in using accents, felt that he was 'directing to their proper pronuntiation' and showing 'the Orthoepia of the English Tongue' (title page, Dictionarium Britannicum, 1730 edition). The claim is ridiculous.

The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!

Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.

Jeffrey Chuang, an economics student at University College London, said: "I am for independence. I do not think China has any right to claim Taiwan. We have confidence in our country and we know that China is not capable of doing anything to us."

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• claims
• claym
• claiming
• claimed
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• claimest
• claimedst
• claimeth
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