Claiming

/ˈkleɪmɪŋ/

Synonyms for "claiming" (37 found)

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Closest matches (8)

acquisition

Noun(5 words)

allegation allege appropriation assert assertion

Verb(1 words)

alleging

Adjective(1 words)

assertional content

Strong matches (11)

Noun(10 words)

assertive avercompensation claimcontend contending declaration demand entitled entitlement hold

challenge

Related words (18)

Noun(14 words)

maintain occupation ownownership claimpositing possess possessory professing recoup requestright claimseizure statementtitle to property

possession receptiontaking awaytheft

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

17 entries

assertion demanddescriptive adjectivefinancial claimlegal actionoccupation own ownershipparticipial adjectivepossess possessionpossessory adjectiveproperty rightrequest sayspeech act

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More specific

22 entries

allegation asserting assertion compensation contending damagesdamages claimdefinitive claimexpensesinsurance claimintellectual property claimland claimlegal claimmineral claimownershipownership claim

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Collocations

16 entries

claim formclaimant statusclaiming benefitsclaiming damagesclaiming interpretationclaiming ownershipclaiming priorityclaiming processclaiming rightsclaiming stanceclaiming territoryclaiming titleinsurance claimland claimownership claimroyal claim

Inflections

5 entries

claimed claimings claimsmore claimingmost claiming

Derivations

8 entries

claim claimability claimable claimant claimed claimingly claims reclaim

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.

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A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.

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Miguel, the pickup artist, rates women's looks on a scale from one to ten, claiming that he only hits on eights and up.

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What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.

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