claim
verb
us
/kleɪm/ uk
/kleɪm/claim verb (SAY)
B2 [ T ]
[ + (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.
claim responsibility An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning's bomb attack.
- according toAccording to reports, the ceasefire is holding.
- as stated by/inAs stated by medical experts, these products are totally safe when used correctly.
- as maintained byThere is no reason to change your diet, as maintained by some lifestyle experts.
- as claimed bySo-called superfoods will not make you live longer, as claimed by some advertisers.
- 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.
[ T ]
If an organization or group claims a particular number of members, that number of people are believed to belong to it.
- Some people still claim that there is no firm evidence linking smoking with lung cancer.
- They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is true if you include their subsidiaries.
- The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women.
- It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in 1983 in a city police station.
- Dean tricked the old lady into giving him eight hundred dollars, claiming that he would invest it for her.
- affirm
- affirmation
- airing
- assert
- assert your right
- assertion
- beg
- gaslight
- happen to someone/something phrase
- hate speech
- lay something on the line idiom
- maintain
- plead
- pretend
- reaffirm
- reassert
- reassertion
- rooftop
- self-affirmation
- send
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claim verb (DEMAND)
B2 [ T ]
- ask forI asked the waiter for more water.
- requestThe department has requested permission to spend money on new equipment.
- apply forWe applied for a building permit to put an addition on the house.
- demandPeople are demanding the right to return to their homes.
- appeal forThe president appealed for calm.
- call forA group of religious leaders are calling for an end to racism and injustice in the city.
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:
UK If the store won't give me a replacement TV, I'll claim my money back.
- You can claim back the overpaid tax by filling in this form.
- She is claiming damages from the company for wrongful dismissal.
- If you don't claim the money you are entitled to now, you might never get it.
- Can we claim on our insurance for any goods lost or damaged in transit?
- He was claiming unemployment benefit illegally, while he was actually working.
- adjuration
- appeal
- appealable
- appellate
- apply for a job
- apply for something
- cadge
- dare
- imploringly
- importunately
- importunity
- invite someone to do something
- invocation
- knee
- propose
- tap
- thank
- unappealable
- use
- write off/away for something phrasal verb
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claim noun [C] (STATEMENT)
- I haven't seen one iota of evidence to support his claim.
- His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
- There is a growing body of evidence to support their claim.
- Many experts remain skeptical about his claims.
- I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate.
claim noun [C] (DEMAND)
B2
a right to have something or get something from someone:
- I enclose a check in settlement of your claim.
- He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and returned later that month to stake his claim.
- The company produced receipts in substantiation of its claim.
- We had to send a doctor's report in support of our claim to the insurance company.
- She made a claim for compensation.
- adjuration
- appeal
- appealable
- appellate
- apply for a job
- apply for something
- cadge
- dare
- imploringly
- importunately
- importunity
- invite someone to do something
- invocation
- knee
- propose
- tap
- thank
- unappealable
- use
- write off/away for something phrasal verb
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