to claim

Examples

• All

• You claim to be a man of God.

  The Book of Clarence (2024)

• It's time for you to claim your destiny, son.

  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

• Whoever gets the winning card can claim the prize.

  Splinter (2023)

• I need a small sum of money for a horse and armor... so that I can return and claim what is mine.

  Francis of Assisi (1961)

• The two nations concurrently claim this type of brandy as their national drink.

  Academic text (2011)

• In effect, Israel had already started to claim sovereignty over the Jordan River and the DMZ.

  Academic text (2008)

• By the year 2050, as many as one in five Americans could claim a multiracial background.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Soviets were able to claim victor status against fascism.

• No one stepped forward as the girl’s family, so Cabrini and her children claimed her as their own.

  Cabrini (2024)

• You need to claim the reward for finding the lost dog.

Synonyms

D

to demand

vsto claim

943 2.7

To ask for something in a strong, urgent way

is more about asserting a right rather than insisting forcefully

L

to lay claim

vsto claim

18 4.4

Say you have a right to something like land or money

is broader, also covering forceful requests not only formal assertions

Antonyms

A

to abandon

401 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

R

to relinquish

• Formal

69 7.2

To give up control, a right, or something you own

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lay claim

18 4.4

Say you have a right to something like land or money

F

to file a claim

• Formal

9 3.5

Ask an insurance company for money after you lose or damage something

B

to buttress a claim

• Formal

6.7

To give more evidence or reasons to make a claim stronger

C

to claim cooties

• Baby Talk

9.7

Say you have an imaginary germ that other children can catch as a joke

Compounds

I

insurance claim

16 3.3

A request to a company for money after damage or loss

B

baggage claim

• US

12 2.1

An area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked bags

C

claim form

• Formal

3 2.9

A document you fill in to ask for money back from an insurance company

C

claim agent

• US

1 4.8

A person who looks at insurance claims and helps arrange payments

C

claim jumper

• Archaic

1 9.9

A person who moves onto someone else's land, often a mining claim, without permission

W

wage claim

• Formal

1 3.4

An official request by workers for higher pay

I

incendiary claim

• Literature

7.7

A statement that makes many people very angry or upset

P

pay claim

• Jargon

4.4

A formal request by workers, usually through their union, for higher pay

T

twaddlemonger claim

• Archaic

9.9

A statement that is foolish or has no proof

How Forceful

to demand

943 2.7

to insist

∞ 2.8

to claim

588 3.4

to ask

∞ 1.0

to request

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology