Claim

claim verb UK /kleɪm/ US /kleɪm/ claim verb (SAY) Add to word list B2 [ T ] to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it: [ + (that) ] The company claims (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river. [ + to infinitive ] He claims to have met the president, but I don't believe him. All parties have claimed success in yesterday's elections. An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning's bomb attack. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to say something sayWhen I say your name, raise your hand. utterShe barely uttered a word all morning. they sayThey say the house is haunted. it is saidIt is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. stateUnion members stated that they were unhappy with the proposal. remarkHe remarked that she was looking thin. See more results » Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples [ T ] If an organization or group claims a particular number of members, that number of people are believed to belong to it. More examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases claim verb (DEMAND) B2 [ T ] to ask for something of value because you think it belongs to you or because you think you have a right to it: The police said that if no one claims the watch, you can keep it. When King Richard III died, Henry VII claimed the English throne. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples B2 [ I or T ] to make a written demand for money from a government or organization because you think you have a right to it: The number of people claiming unemployment benefits has risen sharply this month. Don't forget to claim (for) your travelling expenses after the interview. UK When my bike was stolen, I claimed on the insurance and got £150 back. UK If the shop won't give me a replacement TV, I'll claim my money back. claim damages to make an official request for money after an accident or a bad event, from the person who caused you harm: She sued her employer for emotional stress, claiming damages of more than £20,000. See more More examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Idioms claim someone's lifeclaim the moral high ground claim noun [ C ] UK /kleɪm/ US /kleɪm/ claim noun [C] (STATEMENT) C1 a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not believe it: He said the police assaulted him while he was in custody, a claim that the police deny. [ + that ] The government's claim that it would reduce taxes proved false. Can you give any evidence to support your claim? He made wild claims about being able to cure cancer. More examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases claim noun [C] (DEMAND) B2 a written request asking an organization to pay you an amount of money that you believe they owe you: After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance. Please submit your claim for travelling expenses to the accounts department. a right to have something or get something from someone: She has no rightful claim to the title. Our neighbours have no claim to (= cannot say that they own) that strip of land between our houses. My ex-wife has no claims on me (= has no right to any of my money). More examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Idioms someone's/something's claim to famemake no claim to be something (Definition of claim from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) claim | AMERICAN DICTIONARY claim verb [ T ] US /kleɪm/ claim verb [T] (SAY) Add to word list to state that something is true or is a fact: [ + (that) clause ] Ervin claims (that) he is bankrupt. claim verb [T] (REQUEST) to demand something of value because you believe it belongs to you or you have a right to it: If no one claims the money, I can keep it. If a storm, crime, or other violence claims someone’s life, the person was killed suddenly as a result of that event: The earthquake claimed hundreds of lives. Idiom claim to fame claim noun [ C ] US /kleɪm/ claim noun [C] (REQUEST) a written request to an organization to pay you a sum of money which you believe it owes you: After the storm, dozens of claims were filed to collect crop insurance. A claim is also a statement saying that you have a right to something: They asserted their claim to citizenship. (Definition of claim from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) claim | BUSINESS ENGLISH claim noun [ C ] UK /kleɪm/ US Add to word list INSURANCE a request to an insurance company for payment relating to an accident, illness, damage to property, etc.: pay/refuse/settle a claim An insurance adjuster will work with the injured party to settle the claim. file/make/submit a claim Do not submit a claim if the doctor or hospital is also filing a claim for the same service. LAW a request to a court, government department, or company for something such as money or property that you believe you have a legal right to: a claim for sth The Court of Appeal upheld his claim for damages for wrongful dismissal. bring/file a claim against sb/sth He is now bringing an unfair dismissal claim against the company. a disability/unemployment/pension claim LAW a legal right to own something such as a property, business, or title: have a claim on/to sth If you are joint owners, you have a claim on at least half the house. a legitimate/rightful/valid claim a statement of something you believe is true, although you have no proof: The court rejected his claims that he was denied a promotion due to discrimination. See also baggage claimcounter-claimdamage claimexaggerated claimexpenses claimpay claimpriority claimsmall claimstatement of claim claim verb [ T ] UK /kleɪm/ US to state that something is true, although you may not be able to prove it: Union representatives claim that workers were forced to work overtime without pay. INSURANCE to officially request that an insurance company pay for costs relating to an accident, damage to property, etc. to request payment for money you are owed by a government department or company: claim benefits/tax relief/income support The self employed may claim income tax relief as an allowance in their income tax assessment. LAW to state that you have a legal right to own something such as a property, business, or title: If there are no relatives to claim the estate, the deceased's property will be reverted to the state. claim damages LAW to officially request payment from someone who is responsible for an injury, loss, etc.: A breach of warranty will give the purchaser the right to claim damages from the vendor. (Definition of claim from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) EXAMPLES of claim claim For her project to succeed fully, she would need to be able to vindicate both her historical and philosophical claims. From the Cambridge English Corpus Many students in my class were inspired by these readings to carry on further investigations, finding more data and phonetic support for the phonological claims. From the Cambridge English Corpus The central claim of this paper is that decision-making cannot be understood purely at the group level. From the Cambridge English Corpus The cold fusion claims of 1989, in contrast, attracted criticism that spilled over from the purely theoretic domain to the professional one. From the Cambridge English Corpus The authors claim to be modeling semantic representations in the domain of living things. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this way, the central claim of their paper - "all mental representations are conscious" - ceases to be vacuous. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is no theoretical reason for claiming that representations and computation need to be conscious. From the Cambridge English Corpus We take this as support for our claim that the traditional responseto-stimulus-mapping view should be replaced by an eventrepresentation view. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their claim that higher levels of unemployment help extreme right parties is valid given their model. From the Cambridge English Corpus The potential for such liability claims will provide private parties with an added incentive to bring cases. From the Cambridge English Corpus In both of these situations, social subjects enact authentication by historicizing their identities through claims of linguistic continuity with a valued past. From the Cambridge English Corpus All that remains is the claim that (a) the resurrection body is the same person as the earthly body. From the Cambridge English Corpus The claim may be true without the people's good judgment surfacing in their actual choices. From the Cambridge English Corpus This largely determined the maximum of ten hectares (arable equivalent) and ensured that only symbolic holdings would be given to farm workers lacking ownership claims. From the Cambridge English Corpus Because they cannot claim real property on their findings, they may attach their names to them as a gesture of symbolic ownership for their work. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. COLLOCATIONS with claim claim These are words often used in combination with claim. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bold claim They stake a bold claim for a single perceptual system that utilizes global arrays of energy. From the Cambridge English Corpus competing claim They can make a formal challenge to the application only if they can show that they have a competing claim. From the Hansard archive conflicting claims A conflicting claims model of inflation is developed, in which inflation is the result of conflict over the functional distribution of income. From the Cambridge English Corpus