claimとは

語源

From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French claimer, clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kele- (“to shout”), which is imitative; see also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), 古期英語 hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλεδον (kledon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock, 字義どおりに dawn-calling”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /kleɪm/
• 韻: -eɪm

名詞

claim (複数形 claims)

1. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
2. 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.
3. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
4. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

使用する際の注意点

• 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

動詞

claim (三人称単数 現在形 claims, 現在分詞 claiming, 過去形および過去分詞形 claimed)

1. To demand ownership of.
2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
4. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
5. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
   • John Locke

     We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims, came by his authority.

6. (archaic) To proclaim.

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7. (archaic) To call or name.

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関連する語

• claimable
• claimant
• claimer
• disclaim
• disclaimer

Further reading

• claim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• claim in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• malic