
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