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lay claim
Overview of verb lay-claim
The verb lay claim has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) claim, lay claim, arrogate -- (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")
Antonyms of verb lay-claim
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lay-claim
1 sense of lay claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lay-claim
1 sense of lay claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> pretend
=> requisition
=> arrogate, assign
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lay-claim
1 sense of lay claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
'Cause To' of verb lay-claim
Derived Forms of verb lay-claim
Domain of verb lay-claim
Domain Terms of verb lay-claim
Familiarity of verb lay-claim
lay claim used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb lay-claim
1 sense of lay claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
*> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb lay-claim
1 sense of lay claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lay-claim
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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