单词 | claim |
释义 | Word Frequency claim(kleɪm) verb (mainly tr) 1. to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to he claimed the record 2. (takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial he claimed to be telling the truth 3. to call for or need; deserve this problem claims our attention 4. to take the accident claimed four lives noun 5. an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due 6. an assertion of something as true, real, or factual he made claims for his innocence 7. a right or just title to something; basis for demand a claim to fame 8. lay claim to 9. anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner 10. law 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 former name writ111. a. a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc b. the sum of money demanded Derived forms claimable (ˈclaimable) adjective claimer (ˈclaimer) noun Word origin C13: from Old French claimer to call, appeal, from Latin clāmāre to shout |
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