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claim I. verb tranzitiv

1. a cere, a pretinde, a revendica, a cere ca pe un drept al său; a solicita;

to claim damages a pretinde despăgubiri, compensaţii, daune;

to claim attention a cere atenţie, a reclama atenţie; a solicita atenţie;

who claims this hat? a cui e pălăria asta? cui îi aparţine pălăria asta?

2. a susţine;

he claims to be the rightful heir pretinde că el e moştenitorul legal;

to claim the victory a revendica victoria.

3. (amer.) a adeveri, a confirma, a declara.

claim II. substantiv

1. (to, on, upon) cerere (de), pretenţie la, asupra (cu gen.); reclamaţie (cu privire la); drept asupra (cu gen.);

to lay claim to, to put in a claim for a face o cerere sau petiţie pentru; a avea / emite pretenţii asupra (cu gen.), a pretinde.

3. (mai ales amer., austr., mine) (lot de pământ dat în) concesiune (pentru exploatarea subsolului);

to jump a claim a) a prelua ilegal un teren; b) (fig.) a lua de la cineva în mod ilegal;

to stake out a claim a) a-şi delimita proprietatea / domeniul; b) a marca hotarul unui teren.

4. (fig.) a-şi impune sau pretinde drepturile.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

All the magazines were claiming him.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

But one day the girl thought of Aunt Em, and said, "We must go back to Oz, and claim his promise."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

"What do you claim that it was?" he asked.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"After all, a single morning's interruption will not matter much," said he, "when I mean shortly to claim you—your thoughts, conversation, and company—for life."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I replied that I liked it well enough, but that I certainly could not claim so much for it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I feared to wander from the sight of my fellow creatures lest when alone he should come to claim his companion.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

And as to my poor word 'success,' which you quarrel with, I do not know that I am so entirely without any claim to it.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

‘Why shouldn’t we be married right away, then,’ said he, ‘and then I will feel sure of you; and I won’t claim to be your husband until I come back?’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lucy came very shortly to claim Elinor's compassion on being unable to see Edward, though he had arrived in town with Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I tell you that I had the first right to her, and that I was only claiming my own.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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