DICTOMETER

CLAIMING

(claim, afirmación <font class="fm">f</font>, alegar, demanda, derecho, exigir, opinar, postulado, pretender, pretensión <font class="fm">f</font>, reclamación <font class="fm">f</font>, antagelse, fordre, fordring, forlange, formodning, hevde, krav, kreve, pretensjon, påskudd, påstand, påstå, reklamasjon, rettighet)

1. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • assert or affirm strongly
   • state to be true or existing
   Examples:
   • He claimed that he killed the burglar
   Antonyms:
   disclaim
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   • Lay claim
   • Arrogate
   Definitions:
   • demand as being one's due or property
   • assert one's right or title to
   Examples:
   • He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
   • Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
   Antonyms:
   forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
   Examples:
   • They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
   Antonyms:
   disclaim
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   • Take
   Definitions:
   • lay claim to
   • as of an idea
   Examples:
   • She took credit for the whole idea
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   • Take
   • Exact
   Definitions:
   • take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
   Examples:
   • The accident claimed three lives
   • The hard work took its toll on her