0 present participle of claim --
1 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.
2 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.
Juffs is certainly right in claiming that this requirement is often overlooked.
Lacking full access to the political system, women resorted to claiming symbolically full citizenship by donning uniforms.
Besides, they draw a strict division line between them and the rest of evolutionary processes, claiming that only these three processes count as selection processes.
Although this analysis leaves little ground for claiming a bilingual superiority in an important developmental ability, it isolates nonetheless a formidable advantage in cognitive processing.
I want to begin by claiming that these seven fundamental properties are straightforwardly compatible with membership in the category of complementizers.
Neither man wavered from his uncompromising position, and both went to the grave claiming that the other was palpably mistaken.
Other consultants, supporting their resident doctors, virtually stop all work, claiming that they cannot function in the absence of their residents.
Alternatively, one may account for (34) by claiming that sluicing leaves a layered trace, and the condition (32) applies to this layered trace.
