Dictionary entry details
• CLAIM (noun)
Meaning:
An assertion of a right (as to money or property)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
his claim asked for damages
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):
cause of action (a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action)
pretension (the advancing of a claim)
Meaning:
An assertion that something is true or factual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
his claim that he was innocent / evidence contradicted the government's claims
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):
allegation; allegement (statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove)
Meaning:
Demand for something as rightful or due
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
demand (the act of demanding)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):
insurance claim (demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy)
Meaning:
An informal right to something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
claim; title
Context examples:
his claim on her attentions / his title to fame
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Meaning:
An established or recognized right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
claim; title
Context examples:
a strong legal claim to the property / he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate / he staked his claim
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claim"):
own right (by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved)
entitlement (right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits))
Meaning:
A demand especially in the phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
call; claim
Context example:
the call of duty
Hypernyms ("claim" is a kind of...):
demand (an urgent or peremptory request)
• CLAIM (verb)
Meaning:
Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He claimed that he killed the burglar
Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):
affirm (say yes to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):
charge (make an accusatory claim)
profess (practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about)
purport (have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming)
make out (try to establish)
contend; postulate (maintain or assert)
pretend; profess (state insincerely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They claim to move
Antonym:
disclaim (make a disclaimer about)
Meaning:
Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
arrogate; lay claim; claim
Context examples:
He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter / Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):
pretend (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of)
requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)
arrogate; assign (make undue claims to having)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
forfeit (lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime)
Meaning:
Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "claim"):
demand; exact (claim as due or just)
counterclaim (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)
demand (lay legal claim to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Lay claim to; as of an idea
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
claim; take
Context example:
She took credit for the whole idea
Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):
affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)
Meaning:
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
exact; claim; take
Context examples:
the accident claimed three lives / The hard work took its toll on her
Hypernyms (to "claim" is one way to...):
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
