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claim en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kleɪm/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A demand of ownership made for something.
   • a claim of victory
   • a claim of ownership
2. The thing claimed.
3. The right or ground of demanding.
   • You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
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.
   • 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! 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
   • 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. 1946, Esther K. Sheldon, “Pronouncing Systems in Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries”, in Language, volume 22, number 1, Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, page 28:
5. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
   • Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
6. A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Forms

Deriveds

lay claim · foreclaim · multiclaim · jump a claim · counterclaim · crossclaim · subclaim · stake a claim · Markush claim · claim to fame · nonclaim · healthcare claim · baggage claim · quit claim deed · claim shanty · ambit claim · contingent claim · claim chart · claim form · misclaim · claim-jumping · claim jumper · claimless · inclamation · third-party claim · claimstaker · Jepson claim · clamatory · statement of claim · face claim · extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence · Beauregard claim

Descendants

claimen · kleim · klaim

Translations (158)

ru прете́нзия (demand of ownership) · ko 주장 (new statement of truth made about something) · eo pretendo (demand of ownership) · hu igény (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · es pretensión (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · hu jogosultság (the right or ground of demanding) · he טַעֲנָה (new statement of truth made about something) · uk по́зов (law: demand for compensation) · it dichiarazione (new statement of truth made about something) · km ការទាមទារ (demand of ownership) · gu દાવો (demand of ownership) · it reclamo di proprietà (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · fa دَعویٰ (demand of ownership) · gd tagairt (law: demand for compensation) · gu દાવો (new statement of truth made about something) · ca pretensió (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · pl roszczenie (demand of ownership) · ro pretenție (law: demand for compensation) · it diritto (the right or ground of demanding) · da krav (demand of ownership) · uk прете́нзія (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · es reclamación (demand of ownership) · bg и́скане (demand of ownership) · ru права́ (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · ro revendicare (demand of ownership) · fi valtaus (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · bg прете́нция (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · es demanda (law: demand for compensation) · et nõue (law: demand for compensation) · de Anspruch (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · es pretensión (demand of ownership) · ru утвержде́ние (new statement of truth made about something) · fi vahingonkorvausvaatimus (law: demand for compensation) · hu állítás (new statement of truth made about something) · ar مُطَالَبَة (law: demand for compensation) · bg заявле́ние (new statement of truth made about something) · el διεκδίκηση αποζημίωσης (law: demand for compensation) · pt afirmação (new statement of truth made about something) · tr iddia (demand of ownership) · de Mutung (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · fr revendication (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · hi दावा (law: demand for compensation) · fr réclamation (law: demand for compensation) · ml അവകാശപ്പെടുക (new statement of truth made about something) · bg иск (law: demand for compensation) · es reivindicación (demand of ownership) · hu jogalap (the right or ground of demanding) · fr réclamation (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · be прэтэ́нзія (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · fa دَعوا (new statement of truth made about something) · et hagi (law: demand for compensation) · bg реклама́ция (law: demand for compensation) · ja 主張 (new statement of truth made about something) · ar اِدِّعَاء (new statement of truth made about something) · az iddia (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · nb påstand (new statement of truth made about something) · fi vaatimus (demand of ownership) · ur دَعْویٰ (demand of ownership) · de Behauptung (new statement of truth made about something) · zza iddia (demand of ownership) · es concesión (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · hu igény (demand of ownership) · hu alap (the right or ground of demanding) · fr demande (law: demand for compensation) · hu igénylés (demand of ownership) · ro reclamație (law: demand for compensation) · bg прете́нция (demand of ownership) · ur دَعْویٰ (new statement of truth made about something) · fi korvausvaatimus (law: demand for compensation) · ja 請求 (law: demand for compensation) · nl bewering (new statement of truth made about something) · cs nárok (demand of ownership) · cmn 要求 (demand of ownership) · hu jog (the right or ground of demanding) · cs tvrzení (new statement of truth made about something) · be зацвярджэ́нне (new statement of truth made about something) · pt reivindicação (demand of ownership) · hu jogcím (the right or ground of demanding) · cmn 主張 /主张 (new statement of truth made about something) · hi दावा (demand of ownership) · vi đòi (demand of ownership) · gd tagairt (demand of ownership) · uk прете́нзія (demand of ownership) · fa دَعوا (demand of ownership) · ro petiție (demand of ownership) · nl aanspraak (demand of ownership) · pt reivindicação (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · fr affirmation (new statement of truth made about something) · es pretensión (law: demand for compensation) · he תְּבִיעָה (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · it reclamo (demand of ownership) · ru прете́нзия (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · be пазо́ў (law: demand for compensation) · pt alegação (new statement of truth made about something) · ru прете́нзия (law: demand for compensation) · de Rechtstitel (the right or ground of demanding) · es alegato (new statement of truth made about something) · ru иск (law: demand for compensation) · hu követelés (law: demand for compensation) · sv påstående (new statement of truth made about something) · ur دَعْویٰ (law: demand for compensation) · fi vaatimus (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · ca pretensió (demand of ownership) · hy պահանջ (demand of ownership) · ba дәғүә (demand of ownership) · fr titre (the right or ground of demanding) · ar دَعْوَى (new statement of truth made about something) · ka პრეტენზიას წააყენებს (demand of ownership) · ro pretenție (demand of ownership) · sv anspråk (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · tg даъво (new statement of truth made about something) · hi दावा (new statement of truth made about something) · fi vaade (law: demand for compensation) · cmn 索賠 /索赔 (law: demand for compensation) · ka პრეტენზიას აყენებს (demand of ownership) · fa دَعویٰ (new statement of truth made about something) · be іск (law: demand for compensation) · fa دَعویٰ (law: demand for compensation) · uk прете́нзія (law: demand for compensation) · be зацьвярджэ́ньне (new statement of truth made about something) · fi väite (new statement of truth made about something) · tg даъво (demand of ownership) · fa دَعوا (law: demand for compensation) · be прэтэ́нзія (law: demand for compensation) · az iddia (law: demand for compensation) · el διεκδίκηση (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · ru притяза́ния (demand of ownership) · ru права́ (demand of ownership) · ka პრეტენზიის წაყენება (demand of ownership) · ru тре́бование вы́платы (law: demand for compensation) · ko 청구 (law: demand for compensation) · bg прете́нция (law: demand for compensation) · ru объявле́ние (new statement of truth made about something) · uk зая́ва (new statement of truth made about something) · az iddia (demand of ownership) · pl reklamacja (law: demand for compensation) · de Anspruch (the right or ground of demanding) · pt reclamação (law: demand for compensation) · ru заявле́ние (new statement of truth made about something) · de Anspruch (demand of ownership) · he טיעון (new statement of truth made about something) · da påstand (new statement of truth made about something) · ar مُطَالَبَة (demand of ownership) · it affermazione (new statement of truth made about something) · el αξίωση (demand of ownership) · el διεκδίκηση (demand of ownership) · gu દાવો (law: demand for compensation) · fr réclamation (demand of ownership) · it rivendicazione (demand of ownership) · ru реклама́ция (law: demand for compensation) · sv anspråk (demand of ownership) · uk тве́рдження (new statement of truth made about something) · az iddia (new statement of truth made about something) · cs zábor (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) · hu követelés (demand of ownership) · pt reclamo (demand of ownership) · be зая́ва (new statement of truth made about something) · de Anspruch (law: demand for compensation)

claim en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kleɪm/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. 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." 1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, columns 1, 2:
2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
4. To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
5. (intransitive) 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 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
6. To cause the loss of.
   • A fire claimed two homes.
   • The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
7. To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
   • He claimed $100 after winning the top spot.
8. (obsolete) To proclaim.
9. (archaic) To call or name.
   • Nor all, that else through all the world is named[…] / Might like to this be clamed. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

unclaim · claim someone's lifeclaiming race · foreclaim · counterclaim · crossclaim · claiming mark · fakeclaim · overclaim · underclaim · misclaim · claimee · claiming bite · and I claim my five pounds · claimability

Relateds

claimable · claimant · disclaimer · disclaim · claimer

Synonyms

allege

Translations (118)

ru претендова́ть (to demand ownership of something) · fa ادعا کردن (to demand ownership of something) · ro pretinde (to state a new fact) · fi väittää (to state a new fact) · nn påstå (to state a new fact) · ru заявля́ть о права́х (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · ru предъявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership of something) · el διεκδικώ (to demand ownership of something) · de beanspruchen (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · hu követel (to demand ownership of something) · tr iddia etmek (to state a new fact) · be патрабава́ць (to demand ownership of something) · it reclamare il possesso (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · it vantare (to demand ownership of something) · it rivendicare (to demand ownership of something) · kk мәлімдеу (to state a new fact) · es considerar como uno de los suyos (to identify or consider as one's own) · es afirmar (to state a new fact) · nn hevda (to state a new fact) · ru претендова́ть (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · it dichiarare (to state a new fact) · pt afirmar (to state a new fact) · ru тверди́ть (to state a new fact) · ru утвержда́ть (to state a new fact) · it affermare (to state a new fact) · uk стве́рджувати (to state a new fact) · ru объявля́ть (to state a new fact) · es clamar (to demand ownership of something) · da påstå (to state a new fact) · uk заявля́ти (to state a new fact) · hu követel (law: to demand compensation) · ru заявля́ть (to state a new fact) · cs tvrdit (to state a new fact) · uk тве́рдити (to state a new fact) · es recabar (to demand ownership of something) · es alegar (to state a new fact) · ur دعوی کرنا (to state a new fact) · fi vaatia (to demand ownership of something) · hi दावा करना (law: to demand compensation) · pl twierdzić (to state a new fact) · cy hawlio (to demand ownership of something) · fr revendiquer (to demand ownership of something) · cmn 宣稱 /宣称 (to state a new fact) · bg претендирам (to demand ownership of something) · fr prétendre (to state a new fact) · it reclamare (to demand ownership of something) · ru заявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · hu állít (to state a new fact) · es reclamar (to demand ownership of something) · ro susține (to state a new fact) · ru тре́бовать компенса́ции (law: to demand compensation) · ru объявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership of something) · eo aserti (to state a new fact) · ru заявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership of something) · hi दावा करना (to state a new fact) · es demandar (law: to demand compensation) · es asumir (to demand ownership of something) · es reivindicar (to demand ownership of something) · cmn 索賠 /索赔 (law: to demand compensation) · ar ٱِدَّعَى (to state a new fact) · ur دعوی کرنا (law: to demand compensation) · fi vaatia (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · gd tagair (law: to demand compensation) · ru тре́бовать вы́платы (law: to demand compensation) · es pretender (to state a new fact) · fi vaatia (korvausta) (law: to demand compensation) · kk жариялау (to state a new fact) · ru заявля́ть о права́х (to demand ownership of something) · hu igényel (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · hu jogot formál (to demand ownership of something) · pt reivindicar (to demand ownership of something) · tr öne sürmek (to state a new fact) · zza iddia kerden (to demand ownership of something) · lb behaapten (to state a new fact) · it reclamare la proprietà (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · cmn 聲稱 /声称 (to state a new fact) · bg правя реламация (law: to demand compensation) · nl opeisen (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · he טען (to state a new fact) · da gøre krav på (to demand ownership of something) · gu દાવો કરવો (to state a new fact) · mi kokoraho (to demand ownership of something) · be запатрабава́ць (to demand ownership of something) · he תבע (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · es identificar como uno de los suyos (to identify or consider as one's own) · gd tagair (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · la postulō (to state a new fact) · ru предъявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · ca demandar (to state a new fact) · hu követel (to cause the loss of, usually by violent means) · pt alegar (to state a new fact) · eo pretendi (to demand ownership of something) · es adjudicarse (to demand ownership of something) · nl beweren (to state a new fact) · nl opeisen (to demand ownership of something) · fi vallata (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · ar زَعَمَ (to state a new fact) · ro revendica (to demand ownership of something) · gd tagair (to demand ownership of something) · es sostener (to state a new fact) · ru объявля́ть прете́нзии (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · af beweer (to state a new fact) · pt reclamar (to demand ownership of something) · de behaupten (to state a new fact) · pt reivindicar (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · bg претендирам (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · sw -dai (to demand ownership of something) · sv påstå (to state a new fact) · nl aanspraak maken op (to demand ownership or right to use for land) · uk претендува́ти (to demand ownership of something) · gu દાવો કરવો (law: to demand compensation) · sq mëtoj (to demand ownership of something) · bg изисквам (to demand ownership of something) · grc διεκδικέω (to demand ownership of something) · de beanspruchen (to demand ownership of something) · hu igényel (to demand ownership of something) · nl claimen (to demand ownership of something) · zza ver eşten (to state a new fact)