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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    asserting declaring stating alleging avowing professing proclaiming announcing affirming confirming verifying validating substantiating testifying witnessing attesting swearing vouching guaranteeing ensuring assuring avouching claiming maintaining upholding defending supporting justifying rationalizing explaining expounding elaborating detailing describing narrating recounting presenting proposing submitting offering putting forward advancing propounding positing presupposing assuming presuming supposing speculating hypothesizing theorizing postulating

    Meaning of Claiming

    The primary meaning of the word "Claiming" is the act of asserting or stating something as true, especially in a forceful or confident manner.

    Definitions

    • The act of asserting or stating something as true, especially in a forceful or confident manner
    • The act of taking or seizing something, especially as a right or possession
    • A statement or assertion that something is true, especially in a formal or official context

    Etymology of Claiming

    The word "Claiming" originates from the Old French word "claimer," which means "to call or cry out"
    This Old French word is derived from the Latin word "clamare," which means "to cry out or shout"
    The word "Claiming" has been used in the English language since the 14th century, initially with the meaning of "to call or cry out" and later developing its modern meanings of "asserting or stating something as true" and "taking or seizing something as a right or possession"

    Example Uses

    • The company is claiming that their new product is the most innovative on the market
    • She is claiming the inheritance as her rightful possession
    • The politician is claiming that his opponent is misleading the public

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    denying rejecting refuting disproving disproving contradicting opposing resisting repudiating renouncing abandoning relinquishing surrendering yielding conceding admitting confessing acknowledging granting allowing permitting tolerating acquiescing complying submitting capitulating retreating withdrawing recanting backtracking reversing repudiating refuting debunking dismissing