claim
IPA: kɫˈeɪm
noun
- A demand of ownership made for something.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- 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.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
verb
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- (obsolete) To proclaim.
- (archaic) To call or name.
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