DICTOMETER

FORDRE (Norwegian for "claim")

(claim, alegar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
   Examples:
   • His claim asked for damages
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • an assertion that something is true or factual
   Examples:
   • His claim that he was innocent
   • Evidence contradicted the government's claims
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • demand for something as rightful or due
   Examples:
   • They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Claim
   • Title
   Definitions:
   • an informal right to something
   Examples:
   • His claim on her attentions
   • His title to fame
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Title
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • an established or recognized right
   Examples:
   • A strong legal claim to the property
   • He had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate
   • He staked his claim
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Call
   • Claim
   Definitions:
   • a demand especially in the phrase
   Examples:
   • The call of duty
   
   

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