N. a statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved claim that.
V-T If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 声称 What happens on the dark web? Is it actually as bad as people claim for it to be? V-T If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone’s life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it. 夺走 (生命) Alzheimer’s has claimed my grandma and she knows it.