claim

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To say that something is true, often without proof.

   They claim to be innocent.

2. 2
   noun

   A statement that something is true, often without proof.

   There is no evidence to support his claim.

3. 3
   verb

   To officially ask for something you have a right to, such as money or property.

   You can claim a refund if the product is faulty.

4. 4
   noun

   An official demand or request for something you have a right to.

   Our insurance claim keeps being rejected.

5. 5
   verb

   To take, as a tragic result of an event.

   The accident claimed three lives.

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Simplified etymology

Claim dates from Middle English and is based on Latin clamare ‘to call out’.

From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative. See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn…

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