claim
verb
[ kleɪm ]
• state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
• "the Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about Third World debt"
Similar:
assert,
declare,
profess,
maintain,
state,
hold,
affirm,
avow,
aver,
protest,
insist,
swear,
attest,
argue,
contend,
submit,
move,
allege,
make out,
avouch,
asseverate,
represent,
• formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something).
• "if no one claims the items, they will become Crown property"
Similar:
lay claim to,
say that one owns,
assert ownership of,
formally request,
pretend to,
• cause the loss of (someone's life).
• "the attacks claimed the lives of five people"
Similar:
take,
cause/result in the loss of,
claim
noun
• an assertion that something is true.
• "he was dogged by the claim that he had CIA links"
Similar:
assertion,
declaration,
profession,
affirmation,
avowal,
averment,
protestation,
representation,
contention,
submission,
case,
allegation,
pretence,
asseveration,
• a demand or request for something considered one's due.
• "the court had denied their claims to asylum"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French claime (noun), clamer (verb), from Latin clamare ‘call out’.
