Acknowledge and Claim

Acknowledge

Acknowledge verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Claim and acknowledge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Acknowledge".

Claim

Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Acknowledge and claim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acknowledge" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Common collocations

power acknowledge power claim power
work acknowledge work claim work
part acknowledge part claim part
name acknowledge name claim name
Other words: status, time, authority, child, victory, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / The Awesomes Is a Crapshoot: The robotherapists, who acknowledge this trope and claim that isn't going to happen.
  • Some people claim the band started to suck after Brian Jones died and won't acknowledge anything they made afterwards.
  • Royally Screwed Up He did ascend the French throne during the July Revolution... for all of 20 minutes, and even then most Legitimist partisans refused to acknowledge his claim to the throne.
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