0 to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it: --
An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning's bomb attack.
[ + to infinitive ] He claims to have met the president, but I don't believe him.
[ + (that) ] The company claims (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.
1 to ask for something of value because you think it belongs to you or because you think you have a right to it: --
UK If the shop won't give me a replacement TV, I'll claim my money back.
UK When my bike was stolen, I claimed on the insurance and got £150 back.
Don't forget to claim (for) your travelling expenses after the interview.
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits has risen sharply this month.
When King Richard III died, Henry VII claimed the English throne.
The police said that if no one claims the watch, you can keep it.
2 a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not believe it: --
3 a written request asking an organization to pay you an amount of money that you believe they owe you: --
My ex-wife has no claims on me (= has no right to any of my money).
Our neighbours have no claim to (= cannot say that they own) that strip of land between our houses.
Please submit your claim for travelling expenses to the accounts department.
After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance.
4 to state that something is true or is a fact: --
[ + (that) clause ] Ervin claims (that) he is bankrupt.
5 to demand something of value because you believe it belongs to you or you have a right to it: --
The earthquake claimed hundreds of lives.
Because they cannot claim real property on their findings, they may attach their names to them as a gesture of symbolic ownership for their work.
This largely determined the maximum of ten hectares (arable equivalent) and ensured that only symbolic holdings would be given to farm workers lacking ownership claims.
The claim may be true without the people's good judgment surfacing in their actual choices.
All that remains is the claim that (a) the resurrection body is the same person as the earthly body.
In both of these situations, social subjects enact authentication by historicizing their identities through claims of linguistic continuity with a valued past.
The potential for such liability claims will provide private parties with an added incentive to bring cases.
Their claim that higher levels of unemployment help extreme right parties is valid given their model.
We take this as support for our claim that the traditional responseto-stimulus-mapping view should be replaced by an eventrepresentation view.
