claim

v. demand; sue; plea; assert

n. lawsuit; plea

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Noun
1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
(hypernym) assertion, averment, asseveration
(hyponym) pretension
(derivation) lay claim, arrogate
2. an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
(hypernym) assertion, averment, asseveration
(hyponym) allegation, allegement
3. demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) insurance claim
4. an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
(synonym) title
(hypernym) right
(derivation) take
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"
(synonym) title
(hypernym) legal right
(hyponym) own right
6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
(synonym) call
(hypernym) demand
Verb
1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
(antonym) disclaim
(hypernym) affirm
(hyponym) profess, pretend
2. 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"
(synonym) lay claim, arrogate
(antonym) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) pretend
(verb-group) take
3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) demand, exact
(derivation) title
4. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
(synonym) take
(antonym) disclaim
(hypernym) affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
(verb-group) lay claim, arrogate
(derivation) title
5. 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"
(synonym) take, exact
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(verb-group) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

n. claim, lawsuit; plea

v. claim, demand; assert

(v./.)
To proclaim.
  

(v./.)
To call or name.
  

(v./.)
To assert; to maintain.
  

(v./.)
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
  

(v. i.)
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  

(n.)
The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
  

(n.)
A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
  

(n.)
A loud call.
  

(n.)
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.