CLAIM meaning: Assertion of truth or right

We found 59 dictionaries that define the word claim:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

claim: Merriam-Webster
claim: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
claim: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
claim: Collins English Dictionary
claim: Vocabulary.com
Claim, claim: Wordnik
claim: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
claim: Wiktionary
claim: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
claim: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
claim: Infoplease Dictionary
claim: Dictionary.com
claim: Online Etymology Dictionary
claim: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Claim (legal), Claim (logic), Claim (patent), Claim, The Claim (band), The Claim, The claim: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Claim: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
claim: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
claim: Rhymezone
claim: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
claim: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CLAIM: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
claim: FreeDictionary.org
claim: Mnemonic Dictionary
claim: TheFreeDictionary.com
claim: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
claim: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Literary Criticism (No longer online)
claim-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (18 matching dictionaries)

claim: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
claim: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
claim: Law.com Dictionary
DS Dictionary (No longer online)
INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
CLAIM: Accounting Glossary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology (No longer online)
Claim: Glossary of Health Care Terms
eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
Health Insurance Glossary (No longer online)
claim: Finance-Glossary.com
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Claim (disambiguation), Claim (legal), claim: Legal dictionary
Claim (disambiguation), Claim (legal), claim: Financial dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Claim (disambiguation), claim: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

Claim (disambiguation), claim: Medical dictionary
Claim: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

CLAIM: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
claim: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

claim, claim: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
Claim: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

Claim: Fifthchair Bridge
claim: Golfer's Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A demand of ownership made for something.
▸ noun:  The thing claimed.
▸ noun:  The right or ground of demanding.
▸ noun:  A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
▸ noun:  A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
▸ noun:  (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
▸ verb:  To demand ownership of.
▸ verb:  To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
▸ verb:  To demand ownership or right to use for land.
▸ verb:  (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
▸ verb:  To cause the loss of.
▸ verb:  To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To proclaim.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To call or name.

Similar:

lay claim, arrogate, take, title, exact, call, call for, assert, substantiate, deny, more...

Opposite:

deny, reject, disown, renounce, refute

Types:

scientific claim, factual claim, value claim, policy claim, more...

Phrases:

lay claim, laid claim, legal claim, claim form, lays claim, more...

Adjectives:

such, legal, prior, strong, legitimate, only, valid, better, moral, special, further

Colors:

gold, silver, bronze, emerald, ruby, more...