# claims

Pronunciation: say "KLAYMZ" /kleɪmz/

## Noun

1. Plural of claim. — plural of claim
   - Simple: Plural of claim. Use this form when talking about more than one claim.
   - _Investigators found that several of the claims could not be verified._
   - _Prospectors filed competing claims on the same stretch of riverbank._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of claim. — third-person singular simple present indicative of claim
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of claim. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The report claims that emissions fell sharply over the past decade._
   - _He claims ownership of the patent despite the lawsuit._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/claims (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).