How to pronounce “claim”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A demand of ownership made for something.
• The thing claimed.
• The right or ground of demanding.
• A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
• A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
• (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
• [Verb]
• 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.
• To cause the loss of.
• To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
• (obsolete) To proclaim.
• (archaic) To call or name.

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