claimverb
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/claim verb (SAY)
B2 [ T ] to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it:
[ T ] If an organization or group claims a particular number of members, that number of people are believed to belong to it.
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- Some people still claim that there is no firm evidence linking smoking with lung cancer.
- They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is true if you include their subsidiaries.
- The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women.
- It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in 1983 in a city police station.
- Dean tricked the old lady into giving him eight hundred pounds, claiming that he would invest it for her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Assertions & asserting
- airing
- assert
- assertion
- attestation
- aver
- emphatic
- foot
- lay
- lay sth on the line idiom
- maintain
- make out sth
- misstate
- put your foot down idiom
- set
- soi-disant
- story
- take
- take it from me idiom
- take sth from sb
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom
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claim verb (DEMAND)
B2 [ T ] to ask for something of value because you think it belongs to you or because you think you have a right to it:
B2 [ I or T ] to make a written demand for money from a government or organization because you think you have a right to it:
to make an official request for money after an accident, from the person who caused your injuries
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- You can claim back the overpaid tax by filling in this form.
- She is claiming damages from the company for wrongful dismissal.
- If you don't claim the money you are entitled to now, you might never get it.
- Can we claim on our insurance for any goods lost or damaged in transit?
- He was claiming unemployment benefit illegally, while he was actually working.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
- sponge
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Idiom(s)
claimnoun [ C ]
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/claim noun [ C ] (STATEMENT)
C1 a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not believe it:
More examples
- I haven't seen one iota of evidence to support his claim.
- His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
- There is a growing body of evidence to support their claim.
- Many experts remain sceptical about his claims.
- I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Assertions & asserting
- airing
- assert
- assertion
- attestation
- aver
- emphatic
- foot
- lay
- lay sth on the line idiom
- maintain
- make out sth
- misstate
- put your foot down idiom
- set
- soi-disant
- story
- take
- take it from me idiom
- take sth from sb
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom
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claim noun [ C ] (DEMAND)
B2 a written request asking an organization to pay you an amount of money that you believe they owe you:
a right to have something or get something from someone:
More examples
- I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim.
- He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and returned later that month to stake his claim.
- The company produced receipts in substantiation of its claim.
- We had to send a doctor's report in support of our claim to the insurance company.
- She made a claim for compensation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
- sponge
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