claimed
KLAYMD/kleɪmd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of claim.
The company claimed record profits in its quarterly report.
The land was claimed by settlers who arrived in the 1800s.
Note
A regular -ed form that does two jobs, so the surrounding words decide which one: on its own it is past tense (they claimed the prize); after have or be it is a participle (the prize was claimed). Before a noun it keeps the verb's sense of asserting without proof, so the claimed benefits hints at doubt. The flood claimed lives uses another meaning entirely: causing loss.
claimed is a form of claim
claim, verb: To state something as a fact, usually without offering evidence that it is true. Full entry
- Spelling
- claim → claimed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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