claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

CLAIM definition: 1. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might…. Learn more.

1. to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to: he claimed the record. 2. (takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial: he claimed to be …

a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers' compensation law, etc.: We filed a claim for compensation from the company. Idioms lay claim to, to declare oneself …

To claim something is to maintain that the something is a fact, as in The company claims its product cures hiccups. A claim is the assertion of a fact, as in The claim that Shayna has a beautiful voice …

Definition of claim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.

Definition of claim noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

CLAIM meaning: 1. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might…. Learn more.

CLAIM meaning: 1. a statement that something is true, although you have not proved it: 2. to say that you have…. Learn more.