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claim
What does claim mean?
claim (verb): assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce claim?
/kleɪm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does claim come from?
From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “claim” mean?
assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
Right! That's what “claim” means.
plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
Not quite: that's what design means.
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
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to disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area
Not quite: that's what spread means.
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