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.
- (intransitive) 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
- But minority stations have claimed that they are undercounted in the new system, in part because Arbitron has struggled to include representative numbers of young and minority listeners in its sample.
- hey claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
- Not only did the Dublin barkeeps not make a shamrock in the foam, they claimed to not even know what a black and tan was.
- 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.