claim
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3.3
- noun
- /kleɪm/
- He made a surprising claim that he could solve the puzzle in under a minute.
- unsubstantiated claim
- false claims
- evidence supporting claims
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Watch on YouTubeSo here is the claim that we have.
- So here is the claim that we have.
- How would you in fact make that claim and verify it?
- And so then what I do is I repeat the claim back to them now.
- What kind of claim would that possibly suggest?
- And that's, you know, quite, quite a claim being made there.
- I can reinforce that claim to some extent.
- I'm less sure now that my claims are being tested.
- That was quite an offensive claim and, and, and, and theory.
- Is the truth claim that I am Stacey accurate?
- Apparently he says, quote, extraordinary claims require extraordinary funding.
- Now, some people say extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- I'll show how his factual claim does not quite withstand scrutiny.
Examples
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Anything that might help corroborate Christie's claim?
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You have to judge whether this claim is true or false.
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So here is the claim that we have.
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But I guess, you know, big claims require big evidence.
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If no one makes a claim to it, I say we can forget it.
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Now, what was his claim?
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And do you have any facts to support that claim?
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The problem with this claim was that it was not true.
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Yes, it is our mission to test these claims and determine what is trickery and what may, in fact, be genuine psi phenomena.
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The left's claim that this was the most secure election is also the foundation for the widespread censorship on social media of the so called "Big Lie."
Synonyms
156
4.0
A confident statement made without showing proof
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A person who moves onto someone else's land, often a mining claim, without permission
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Etymology
A claim meaning a statement comes from the same root clam- 'to call out', so a claim is simply something someone 'calls' true before it is proved.