claim meaning
EN
[kleɪm] [-eɪm] 
US WClaim
- Claim may refer to:
- Claim (legal)
- Claim (patent)
- Land claim
- Proposition, a statement which is either true or false
- A right
- Sequent, in mathematics
- A main contention, see conclusion of law
- Claims-based identity
- Claim (film), directed by Martin Lagestee (2002)
- Claim of Right Act 1689
- Claimed, an episode of the television series The Walking Dead
- Another term for an advertising slogan
- NounPLclaims
- A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
- A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush).
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
- VerbSGclaimsPRclaimingPT, PPclaimed
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- VI To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- (archaic) To proclaim.
- (archaic) To call or name.
- To demand ownership of.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- You don't think that claiming you have a 7-inch penis might be bending the truth just a little bit?
- Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
- This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
- The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.
- Mr. Martin was found guilty of defrauding the Commonwealth by making false welfare claims.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of claim in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "claim" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a reporting verb and an intransitive verb.