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What does claim mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word claim? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
  2. A new statement of something you believed to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
  3. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
  4. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Verb
  1. To demand ownership of.
  2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
  3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
  4. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
  5. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  6. (archaic) To proclaim.
  7. (archaic) To call or name.
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