Antonyms for claiming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kleym

Phonetic Transcription : kleɪm

Definition of claiming

Origin : c.1300, "to call, call out; to ask or demand by virtue of right or authority," from accented stem of Old French clamer "to call, name, describe; claim; complain; declare," from Latin clamare "to cry out, shout, proclaim," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout," imitative (cf. Sanskrit usakala "cock," literally "dawn-calling;" Latin calare "to announce solemnly, call out;" Middle Irish cailech "cock;" Greek kalein "to call," kelados "noise," kledon "report, fame;" Old High German halan "to call;" Old English hlowan "to low, make a noise like a cow;" Lithuanian kalba "language"). Related: Claimed; claiming.
Meaning "to maintain as true" is from 1864; specific sense "to make a claim" (on an insurance company) is from 1897. Claim properly should not stray too far from its true meaning of "to demand recognition of a right."

verb demand, maintain property or right

Example sentences :

No one with a conscience in him will think of claiming any merit for himself.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

A temple is set at the end of the point, as if claiming the land for its own.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

We may therefore begin by claiming this presumption in their favour.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

I am very sorry that my claiming to be the evil influence has had so little effect.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

We had imagined that the pleasures of the town were claiming your entire attention.
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

Here's the King of Prussia, claiming a right to this kingdom!'
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More

A little while ago the Germans were claiming our Shakspeare.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 » by Various

This week he was claiming he used to be a watchmaker before he began to shake.
Extract from : « The Altar at Midnight » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

I refrained from provoking him any further than to persist in claiming possession of my boat.
Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic

Claiming that the defendant had been denied her right of trial by jury.
Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz

Synonyms for claiming

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