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CLAIM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Demand for something as rightful or due

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

demand (the act of demanding)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):

insurance claim (demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

An informal right to something

Example:

his title to fame

Synonyms:

claim; title

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

Derivation:

claim (lay claim to; as of an idea)

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

An established or recognized right

Example:

he staked his claim

Synonyms:

claim; title

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):

entitlement (right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits))

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Example:

his claim asked for damages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):

cause of action (a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action)

dibs (a claim of rights)

pretension (the advancing of a claim)

Derivation:

claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An assertion that something is true or factual

Example:

evidence contradicted the government's claims

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):

allegation; allegement (statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove)

Derivation:

claim (assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A demand especially in the phrase

Example:

the call of duty

Synonyms:

call; claim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):

demand (an urgent or peremptory request)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

Example:

The hard work took its toll on her

Synonyms:

claim; exact; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Verb group:

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

Example:

He claimed that he killed the burglar

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):

affirm (say yes to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):

charge (make an accusatory claim)

profess (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about)

purport (have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming)

make out (try to establish)

contend; postulate (maintain or assert)

pretend; profess (state insincerely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They claim to move

Antonym:

disclaim (make a disclaimer about)

Derivation:

claim (an assertion that something is true or factual)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lay claim to; as of an idea

Example:

She took credit for the whole idea

Synonyms:

claim; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):

affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)

Verb group:

arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)

Derivation:

claim (an informal right to something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Example:

They claimed on the maximum allowable amount

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):

demand; exact (claim as due or just)

counterclaim (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)

demand (lay legal claim to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

claim (demand for something as rightful or due)

claim (an informal right to something)

claimant (someone who claims a benefit or right or title)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

Example:

Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident

Synonyms:

arrogate; claim; lay claim

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

claim; take (lay claim to; as of an idea)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):

pretend (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of)

requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)

arrogate; assign (make undue claims to having)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

forfeit (lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime)

Derivation:

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

claimant (someone who claims a benefit or right or title)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The small number of nerve cells needed to count indicates that brain size is not as important as brain organisation, scientists claim.

(Scientists Discover Bees Can Count Using Only Four Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If you put in a claim for an insurance provider, you might be thrilled to see the response—and the generous amount your insurance company covered.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Tragically, the disasters claimed a total of 138 lives: • 1 drought (affected multiple areas);
• 1 wildfire (affected multiple areas); • 4 inland floods;
• 8 severe storms; and
• 1 hurricane (Matthew).

(2016 was 2nd warmest year on record for U.S., NOAA)

The paper does not claim life on Mars did exist but rather that conditions suitable for life are very likely to have lasted for an extended time.

(Study suggests Mars hosted life-sustaining habitat for millions of years, Wikinews)

So peremptorily did these shades beckon him, that each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I had never yet seen a being resembling me or who claimed any intercourse with me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place, however, when her attention was claimed by John Thorpe, who stood behind her.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"Sir," I said, "you could have no better claim on me than that you were a friend and helper of Lucy Westenra." And I held out my hand.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Any intentionally added component of a finished pharmaceutical product other than the claimed therapeutic or diagnostic ingredient(s).

(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of cigarette that is claimed to give off less tobacco tar than a regular cigarette when smoked.

(Light cigarette, NCI Dictionary)