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claim
English
Alternative forms
- claym (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin cl?m?, cl?m?re (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh?- (“to shout”), which is imitative; see also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hl?wan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek ????? (kalé?, “to call, convoke”), ?????? (kledon, “report, fame”), ??????? (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin cal? (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit ????? (u?a?kala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kle?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Noun
claim (plural claims)
- A demand of ownership made for something.
- a claim of ownership
- a claim of victory
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Usage notes
- Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim.
- The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Descendants
- ? Afrikaans: kleim
- ? Dutch: claimen
Translations
Verb
claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
- To cause the loss of, usually by violent means.
- (archaic) To proclaim.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (archaic) To call or name.
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Translations
Related terms
- claimable
- claimant
- claimer
- disclaim
- disclaimer
Further reading
- claim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- claim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- malic
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
claim
- first-person singular present indicative of claimen
- imperative of claimen
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: klaim
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justification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French justification, from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem < iustificatio, from iustifico, from Latin iustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??st?f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
justification (countable and uncountable, plural justifications)
- (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The forgiveness of sin.
- 1999, Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification:
- […] to articulate a common understanding of our justification by God’s grace through faith in Christ.
- 1999, Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification:
- (typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).
Antonyms
- conviction
- condemnation
Derived terms
- self-justification
Related terms
- justify
- acquittal
- exculpation
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem < iustificatio, from iustifico, from Latin iustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ys.ti.fi.ka.sj??/
Noun
justification f (plural justifications)
- justification (reason, excuse, etc.)
Related terms
- justifier
Further reading
- “justification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin iustificationem, justificationem.
Noun
justification f (plural justifications)
- justification (all senses)
Descendants
- ? English: justification
- French: justification
justification From the web:
- what justification means
- what does justification mean
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