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claim
- /kleɪm/
Rhymes with -eɪm
Where it comes from
From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.
See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
noun claims · claym
- A demand of ownership made for something. a claim of ownership
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding. You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
- 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. The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land. Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
- A legal demand for compensation or damages.
verb claims · claiming · claimed · claim
- To demand ownership of. 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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To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
Similar: allege
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
- To cause the loss of. The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition. He claimed $100 after winning the top spot.
- To proclaim.
- To call or name. Nor all, that else through all the world is named[…] / Might like to this be clamed.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lay claim, arrogate, take, exact, title, call, call for, claimant, applicant, plead, petition, behest, grant, prosecution, demand, sue
Translations
Every language
noun demand of ownership
| Español | reclamación, reivindicación, pretensión |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 要求 yāoqiú |
| हिन्दी | दावा dāvā |
| Português | reivindicação, reclamo |
| Français | réclamation |
| Deutsch | Anspruch |
| Italiano | reclamo, rivendicazione |
| Ελληνικά | αξίωση axíosi, διεκδίκηση diekdíkisi |
| Română | pretenție, revendicare, petiție |
| Русский | прете́нзия pretɛ́nzija, притяза́ния pritjazánija, права́ pravá |
| Tiếng Việt | đòi |
| العربية | مُطَالَبَة muṭālaba |
noun the right or ground of demanding
| Français | titre |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rechtstitel, Anspruch |
| Italiano | diritto |
noun new statement of truth made about something
| Español | alegato |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주장 jujang |
| 日本語 | 主張 shuchō |
| 中文 | 主張 /主张 zhǔzhāng |
| हिन्दी | दावा dāvā |
| Português | afirmação, alegação |
| Français | affirmation |
| Deutsch | Behauptung |
| Italiano | dichiarazione, affermazione |
| Русский | заявле́ние zajavlénije, объявле́ние obʺjavlénije, утвержде́ние utverždénije |
| العربية | دَعْوَى daʕwā, اِدِّعَاء iddiʕāʔ |
| עברית | טַעֲנָה ta'aná, טיעון t'i'un |
noun demand of ownership for previously unowned land
| Español | concesión, pretensión |
|---|---|
| Português | reivindicação |
| Français | réclamation, revendication |
| Deutsch | Anspruch, Mutung |
| Italiano | reclamo di proprietà |
| Ελληνικά | διεκδίκηση diekdíkisi |
| Русский | прете́нзия pretɛ́nzija, права́ pravá |
| עברית | תְּבִיעָה tvi'á |
noun law: demand for compensation
| Español | demanda, pretensión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 청구 cheonggu |
| 日本語 | 請求 seikyū |
| 中文 | 索賠 /索赔 suǒpéi |
| हिन्दी | दावा dāvā |
| Português | reclamação |
| Français | réclamation, demande |
| Deutsch | Anspruch |
| Ελληνικά | διεκδίκηση αποζημίωσης diekdíkisi apozimíosis |
| Română | reclamație, pretenție |
| Русский | иск isk, прете́нзия pretɛ́nzija, тре́бование вы́платы trébovanije výplaty, реклама́ция reklamácija |
| العربية | مُطَالَبَة muṭālaba |
verb to demand ownership of something
| Español | reclamar, clamar, reivindicar, adjudicarse, asumir, recabar |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | -dai |
| Português | reivindicar, reclamar |
| Français | revendiquer |
| Deutsch | beanspruchen |
| Italiano | reclamare, rivendicare, vantare |
| Ελληνικά | διεκδικώ diekdikó |
| Română | revendica |
| Русский | претендова́ть pretendovátʹ, предъявля́ть прете́нзии predʺjavljátʹ preténzii, заявля́ть прете́нзии zajavljátʹ preténzii, объявля́ть прете́нзии obʺjavljátʹ preténzii, заявля́ть о права́х zajavljátʹ o praváx |
verb to state a new fact
| Español | afirmar, pretender, alegar, sostener |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 聲稱 /声称 shēngchēng, 宣稱 /宣称 xuānchēng |
| हिन्दी | दावा करना dāvā karnā |
| Português | alegar, afirmar |
| Français | prétendre |
| Deutsch | behaupten |
| Italiano | dichiarare, affermare |
| Română | susține, pretinde |
| Русский | объявля́ть obʺjavljátʹ, заявля́ть zajavljátʹ, утвержда́ть utverždátʹ, тверди́ть tverdítʹ |
| العربية | ٱِدَّعَى iddaʕā, زَعَمَ zaʕama |
| עברית | טען ta'án |
verb to identify or consider as one's own
| Español | identificar como uno de los suyos, considerar como uno de los suyos |
|---|
verb to demand ownership or right to use for land
| Português | reivindicar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | beanspruchen |
| Italiano | reclamare la proprietà, reclamare il possesso |
| Русский | претендова́ть, предъявля́ть прете́нзии predʺjavljátʹ preténzii, заявля́ть прете́нзии zajavljátʹ preténzii, объявля́ть прете́нзии obʺjavljátʹ preténzii, заявля́ть о права́х |
| עברית | תבע tavá |
verb law: to demand compensation
| Español | demandar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 索賠 /索赔 suǒpéi |
| हिन्दी | दावा करना dāvā karnā |
| Русский | тре́бовать вы́платы trébovatʹ výplaty, тре́бовать компенса́ции trébovatʹ kompensácii |
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title = {claim},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
