Claiming Meaning and Definition

Word: Claiming

Verb

Definitions:

1. State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Example sentences: "The Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about Third World debt"

2. Formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something)

Example sentences: "If no one claims the items, they will become Crown property"

3. Cause the loss of (someone's life)

Example sentences: "The attacks claimed the lives of five people"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An assertion that something is true.

Example sentences: "He was dogged by the claim that he had CIA links"

2. A demand or request for something considered one's due.

Example sentences: "The court had denied their claims to asylum"

Antonyms:

deny

reject

Derivations:

claim

claimant

claimed

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Claiming in Other Languages...

Spanish: Reclamar

German: Behaupten

French: Prétendre

Italian: Affermare

Turkish: Iddia