CLAIM
What does "CLAIM" mean?
To state that something is true, often without giving proof.
Meanings
- To assert that something is the case, especially when it may be disputed. He claims he can run a mile in under five minutes.
- To demand or take something as one's rightful due. You can claim a refund if the flight is cancelled.
- An assertion that something is true. The advertiser's health claims were never backed by evidence.
- A formal demand for money or recognition of a right. She filed an insurance claim after the storm damaged the roof.
Did you know?
- 'Claim', 'exclaim', 'proclaim', and 'clamour' are all the same Latin verb 'clamare', to cry out - which is why a claim is, at root, just something you call out loudly enough that others must answer.
Word origin
From Latin 'clamare', 'to cry out, shout', via Old French 'clamer'; to claim was originally to call out one's right loudly.
Remember it
To CLAIM is to call AIM - you cry out and aim at what's yours.
A little poem
He claimed the hill, the river, and the sky-
the river only laughed and wandered by.
couplet
Wordplay
- I made a bold claim and the lawyer made a bold claim - mine needed proof, his needed a stamp.
What it teaches
A claim is only a shout until someone asks you to show it; truth is the proof you keep ready.
Quick facts
What does CLAIM mean?
To state that something is true, often without giving proof.
Is CLAIM a valid word?
Yes — CLAIM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CLAIM?
CLAIM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CLAIM come from?
From Latin 'clamare', 'to cry out, shout', via Old French 'clamer'; to claim was originally to call out one's right loudly.
What can CLAIM teach us?
A claim is only a shout until someone asks you to show it; truth is the proof you keep ready.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.