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ALL meanings of claim

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  • verb claim If you claim money from an insurance company, you ask for payment of costs relating to a loss or damage for which you have insurance cover. 3
  • verb claim If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 3
  • countable noun claim A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false. 3
  • verb claim If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 3
  • verb claim If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it. 3
  • countable noun claim A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to. 3
  • verb claim If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it. 3
  • countable noun claim If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention. 3
  • verb claim If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. 3
  • verb claim If you claim money from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules. 3
  • verb claim Claim is also a noun. 3
  • verb claim If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them. 3
  • verb claim If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it. 3
  • verb claim to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to 3
  • verb claim to assert as a fact; maintain against denial 3
  • verb claim to call for or need; deserve 3
  • verb claim to take 3
  • noun claim an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due 3
  • noun claim an assertion of something as true, real, or factual 3
  • noun claim a right or just title to something; basis for demand 3
  • noun claim anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner 3
  • noun claim a document under seal, issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some specified act 3
  • noun claim a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc 3
  • noun claim the sum of money demanded 3
  • verb transitive claim to demand or ask for as rightfully belonging or due to one; assert one's right to (a title, accomplishment, etc. that should be recognized) 3
  • verb transitive claim to call for; require; deserve 3
  • verb transitive claim to state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert 3
  • noun claim a demand for something rightfully or allegedly due 3
  • noun claim a right or title to something 3
  • noun claim something claimed 3
  • noun claim a piece of land staked out by a settler or miner 3
  • noun claim money demanded for an insurance settlement 3
  • noun claim a statement, as a fact, of something that may be called into question; assertion 3
  • noun claim A claim is a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy. 3
  • noun claim A claim is a sum of money demanded from an insurance company according to the terms of an insurance policy. 3
  • verb with object claim to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance. 1
  • verb with object claim to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services. 1
  • verb with object claim to assert or maintain as a fact: She claimed that he was telling the truth. 1
  • verb with object claim to require as due or fitting: to claim respect. 1
  • verb without object claim to make or file a claim: to claim for additional compensation. 1
  • noun claim a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right: He made unreasonable claims on the doctor's time. 1
  • noun claim an assertion of something as a fact: He made no claims to originality. 1
  • noun claim a right to claim or demand; a just title to something: His claim to the heavyweight title is disputed. 1
  • noun claim something that is claimed, especially a piece of public land for which formal request is made for mining or other purposes. 1
  • noun claim a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers' compensation law, etc.: We filed a claim for compensation from the company. 1
  • idioms claim lay claim to, to declare oneself entitled to: I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws. 1
  • noun claim An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt. 1
  • noun claim assertion 1
  • transitive verb claim assert 1
  • noun claim demand for payment 1
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