claim
Because it is a word with a single syllable, claim is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofclaim
- A demand of ownership made for something.
Example: "a claim of ownership"
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
Example: "You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee."
- 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.
Example: "The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud."
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Example: "Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush."
- A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of, usually by violent means.
Example: "A fire claimed two homes."
- To proclaim.
- To call or name.
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