noun / verb
claim
KLAYM/kleɪm/
To assert that something is true or rightfully one's own.
The man claims the trophy is his while another person looks uncertain.
Etymology
Latin clamare meant “to cry out” or “proclaim.” English claim moved from calling out or demanding recognition of a right to asserting that a belief or statement is true.
In context
you guys claim the Earth is a ball that spins tilted wobbling revolving around the Sun in a vacuum in an ever-expanding Universe of nothingness that came from nothing
More examples
- She made a claim that the evidence did not support.
- She files a claim for the missing payment.
- The traveler claims her suitcase at the counter.
Forms
claim · claims · claimed · claiming
Similar words
- assertion
- A statement put forward as true.
- allegation
- An unproven claim, often of wrongdoing.