laying claim

Thân thiện

He is laying claim to the abandoned treasure chest.

Definition

Noun: - The act of taking possession of or power over something: The action of formally or assertively declaring one's right to own, control, or have authority over something.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The explorer's laying claim to the newly discovered island was recognized by the crown.
  • The company's laying claim to the patent prevented competitors from using the technology.
  • His laying claim to the family estate caused a dispute among the siblings.

Advanced Usage

• "Laying claim to": This is the most common usage, forming a phrasal verb phrase. It is used to specify the object being claimed.
  • By publishing her research first, she was laying claim to the discovery.
  • Several nations are laying claim to the mineral-rich territory.

Variants and Related Words

• Claim (n/v): The demand or assertion of a right; to demand or assert as one's own.
• Claimant (n): A person making a claim.

Synonyms

• Assumption: The act of taking up or adopting a position, duty, or power.
• Appropriation: The act of taking something for one's own use.
• Seizure: The act of taking possession forcibly.

Related Phrases

• Stake a claim: To assert one's right to something, especially land or an idea.
  • The prospector staked a claim to the gold mine.
• Lay claim to: (See "Advanced Usage" above).

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of taking possession of or power over something
   • his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba
   • the Nazi assumption of power in 1934
   • he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts

Từ đồng nghĩa

• assumption