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
- 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
- adduce
- advance
- allege
- ask
- assert
- believe
- call for
- challenge
- collect
- declare
- defend
- exact
- have dibs on something
- hit
- hit up
- hold
- hold out for
- insist
- justify
- knock
- lay claim to
- need
- pick up
- pop the question
- postulate
- pretend
- profess
- pronounce
- require
- requisition
- solicit
- stake out
- take
- uphold
- vindicate
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