Tra từ claim - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

claim UK US [kleɪm] verb [ claims claiming claimed ]

SAY

1. <E > transitive to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it
• + (that) The company claims (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.
• + to infinitive He claims to have met the President, but I don't believe him.
• All parties have claimed success in yesterday's elections.
• An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning's bomb attack.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Assertions and asserting
2. transitive If an organization or group claims a particular number of members, that number of people are believed to belong to it.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Having and owning - general words

• Some people still claim that there is no firm evidence linking smoking with lung cancer.
• They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is true if you include their subsidiaries.
• The study claims that British advertising stereotypes women.
• It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in 1983 in a city police station.
• Dean tricked the old lady into giving him eight hundred pounds, claiming that he would invest it for her.

DEMAND

3. transitive to ask for something of value because you think it belongs to you or because you think you have a right to it
• The police said that if no one claims the watch, you can keep it.
• When King Richard III died, Henry VII claimed the English throne.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making appeals and requests
4. intransitive or transitive to make a written demand for money from a government or organization because you think you have a right to it
• The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
• Don't forget to claim (for) your travelling expenses after the interview.
• When my bike was stolen, I claimed on the insurance and got £150 back.
• UK If the shop won't give me a replacement TV, I'll claim my money back.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Social security and state benefits
5. claim damages
to make an official request for money after an accident, from the person who caused your injuries
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making appeals and requests ↑Insurance

• You can claim back the overpaid tax by filling in this form.
• She is claiming damages from the company for wrongful dismissal.
• If you don't claim the money you are entitled to now, you might never get it.
• Can we claim on our insurance for any goods lost or damaged in transit?
• He was claiming unemployment benefit illegally, while he was actually working.
Idioms: claim somebody's life ▪ claim the moral high ground

noun countable

STATEMENT

1. a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not believe it
• He said the police assaulted him while he was in custody, a claim which the police deny.
• + that The government's claim that it would reduce taxes proved false.
• Can you give any evidence to support your claim?
• He made wild claims about being able to cure cancer.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Assertions and asserting

Collocations:
Adjectives
false phony unsubstantiated claims
• The manufacturers of the diet pills made false claims about their product.
competing conflicting claims
• There are conflicting claims about who now controls the remote jungle area.
Verbs
make a claim
• He made wild claims about the money he was due to inherit.
support a claim
• The study supports the claim that regular, moderate exercise is the best way to keep healthy.
challenge deny dispute investigate a claim
• Police are investigating claims that Peters was blackmailed.
Phrases
claim to fame
• His biggest claim to fame was taking part in a television quiz show.
make no claim to be sth
• The film makes no claim to be historically accurate.
Prepositions
claims of sth
• Claims of cheating were dismissed by the newly-elected President.

• I haven't seen one iota of evidence to support his claim.
• His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
• There is a growing body of evidence to support their claim.
• Many experts remain sceptical about his claims.
• I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate.

DEMAND

2. a written request asking an organization to pay you a sum of money which you believe they owe you
• After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance.
• Please submit your claim for travelling expenses to the accounts department.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making appeals and requests ↑Insurance
3. a right to have something or get something from someone
• She has no rightful claim to the title.
• Our neighbours have no claim to (= cannot say that they own) that strip of land between our houses.
• My ex-wife has no claims on me (= has no right to any of my money).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Morality and rules of behaviour

Collocations:
Verbs
bring file lodge make put in submit a claim
• If you need to make a claim, phone the number on your insurance policy.
stake a claim
• He first staked a claim to the land fifty years ago.
lay claim to sth
• Both tribes lay claim to the territory.
pay settle a claim
• They were persuaded to settle the claim before it reached court.
Adjectives
bogus false fraudulent claims
• Fraudulent claims cost insurance companies millions of pounds every year.
a legitimate rightful valid claim
• The court ruled that he had a legitimate claim to the house.
Types
a compensation insurance unfair dismissal claim
• Jim filled in an insurance claim after his bike was stolen.
land territorial claims
• All three countries in the region have territorial claims to the same stretch of water.
Prepositions
claim for sth
• Their claim for asylum was rejected.
claim against sb/sth
• Claims against tobacco companies have risen dramatically over the past five years.
a claim to sth
• The family has no claim to her money.
a claim on sb
• My ex-wife has no claims on me.

• I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim.
• He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and returned later that month to stake his claim.
• The company produced receipts in substantiation of its claim.
• We had to send a doctor's report in support of our claim to the insurance company.
• She made a claim for compensation.
Idioms: make no claim to be something ▪ somebody's claim to fame