| claim | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. claim | an assertion of a right (as to money or property).; "his claim asked for damages" |
| ~ assertion, asseveration, averment | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). |
| ~ cause of action | a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action. |
| ~ dibs | a claim of rights.; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" |
| ~ pretension | the advancing of a claim.; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort" |
| n. (communication) | 2. claim | an assertion that something is true or factual.; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" |
| ~ assertion, asseveration, averment | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). |
| ~ allegement, allegation | statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove. |
| n. (act) | 3. claim | demand for something as rightful or due.; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day" |
| ~ demand | the act of demanding.; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" |
| ~ insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. claim, title | an informal right to something.; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. claim, title | an established or recognized right.; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" |
| ~ legal right | a right based in law. |
| ~ own right | by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved.; "a peer in his own right"; "a leading sports figure in his own right"; "a fine opera in its own right" |
| ~ entitlement | right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits).; "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget" |
| n. (communication) | 6. call, claim | a demand especially in the phrase.; "the call of duty" |
| ~ demand | an urgent or peremptory request.; "his demands for attention were unceasing" |
| v. (communication) | 7. claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| ~ pretend, profess | state insincerely.; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" |
| ~ contend, postulate | maintain or assert.; "He contended that Communism had no future" |
| ~ make out | try to establish.; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime" |
| ~ purport | have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming.; "The letter purports to express people's opinion" |
| ~ profess | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.; "She professes organic chemistry" |
| ~ charge | make an accusatory claim.; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
| ~ affirm | say yes to. |
| v. (possession) | 8. arrogate, claim, lay claim | demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ claim, take | lay claim to; as of an idea.; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
| ~ pretend | put forward a claim and assert right or possession of.; "pretend the title of King" |
| ~ requisition | demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service. |
| ~ arrogate, assign | make undue claims to having. |
| v. (communication) | 9. claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ exact, demand | claim as due or just.; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
| ~ counterclaim | set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim. |
| ~ demand | lay legal claim to. |
| v. (communication) | 10. claim, take | lay claim to; as of an idea.; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
| ~ avow, swan, affirm, assert, aver, swear, verify | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.; "Before God I swear I am innocent" |
| ~ arrogate, lay claim, claim | demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" |
| v. (communication) | 11. claim, exact, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| really | | |
| adv. | 1. genuinely, really, truly | in accordance with truth or fact or reality.; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" |
| adv. | 2. actually, really | in actual fact.; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" |
| adv. | 3. in truth, really, truly | in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).; "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 4. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
| believe | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ understand, infer | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| ~ swallow | believe or accept without questioning or challenge.; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" |
| ~ buy | accept as true.; "I can't buy this story" |
| ~ believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| ~ believe in | have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something.; "John believes in oat bran" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. believe, conceive, consider, think | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| ~ hold | remain committed to.; "I hold to these ideas" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| ~ think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ feel | have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. believe, trust | be confident about something.; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ misbelieve | hold a false or unorthodox belief. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. believe | credit with veracity.; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" |
| ~ credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| heed | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).; "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ advertence, advertency | the process of being heedful. |
| v. (social) | 2. heed, listen, mind | pay close attention to; give heed to.; "Heed the advice of the old men" |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
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