Claim
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory). A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (eg. in the gold rush, oil rush) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To demand ownership of. To state a new fact. To demand ownership or right to use for land. To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
Example sentence: Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.
Take
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of taking.Something that is taken.A (1) profit, (2) reward, (3) bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback.An interpretation or view.An attempt to record a scene.A catch.A facial gesture in response to an event.A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To grasp with the hands.To grab and move to oneself.To get into one's possession.To accept.To gain a position by force.To have sex forcefully with, possibly without consent.To carry, particularly to a particular destination.To choose.To support or carry without failing or breaking.To endure or cope with.To not swing at a pitchTo ingest medicine, drugs, etc.To assume or interpret to be.To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).To participate in, undergo, or experience.To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)To stick, persist, thrive or remain.To become.To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.To require.To capture using a photographic camera.To last or expend [an amount of time].To useTo consider as an instance or example.
Example sentence: I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.