Claim Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

claim n
1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
2. an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
3. demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
4. an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: title]
5. an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title]
6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call] v
7. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
8. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: lay claim, arrogate] [ant: forfeit]
9. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
10. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: take] [ant: disclaim]
11. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: take, exact]

Claim Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Claim \Claim\, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. --Locke.

Claim Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Claim \Claim\, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See Claim, v. t.]
1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,

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* We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty. - Mark Twain

* Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.... - C. S. Lewis

* Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. - Robert G. Ingersoll


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