claim

noun
/kleɪm/

A demand of ownership made for something.

Example

“a claim of ownership”

Other meanings

The thing claimed.
The right or ground of demanding.
“You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.”

Related words

claimless
claimstaker
clamatory
counterclaim
crossclaim
foreclaim
inclamation
misclaim
multiclaim
nonclaim
subclaim
ambit claim

Example sentences

“Is there any evidence to support that claim?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Few can claim to know the future.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“You are every bit the monster you claim we've become.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "clamo" (clāmō, clāmāre).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “claim” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.