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Oct 9, 2014 · Oct 9, 2014. #1. Hi all, What's the difference, if any, between "claim" and "reclaim"? A search on dictionary.com yielded the following result -. Claim - to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: Reclaim - to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc. To put my question in context:
Nov 15, 2014 · JulianStuart said: This thread (retrieve vs reclaim) discusses the use of re- as a prefix. Some interpret it as "again" and think reclaim is inappropriate, while re- is also used to mean "back", not "again" - i.e. re-claim is not the same word as reclaim. So both claim and reclaim can mean the same for your bolded quote.
Apr 9, 2014 · reclaim. verb (used with object) 1. to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc. 2. to claim again. Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English. See re-, claim. Can be confused: re-claim, reclaim. (*I extended the sense by adding this phrase - that wording is not in the dictionary.
May 20, 2019 · When you reclaim materials from something, the final product is the raw material itself. "Intel reclaims substantial quantities of gold from recycled processors." When you recycle something, the notion is that the material is being turned into something else or reused wholesale. "Old processors can be recycled and used to make new modern ...
Jun 7, 2008 · For me, "baggage claim" is the place in an airport where they have the rotating conveyor belts, where passengers come to claim their baggage after the flight. I've never heard of someone using "baggage reclaim" with this meaning, but I suppose it's possible. (Actually, I've never heard of "baggage reclaim" at all.
Jun 27, 2016 · Massachusetts, U.S. English - U.S. Jun 27, 2016. #9. At Logan Airport in Boston people will speak American English. Therefore, do not say "baggage reclaim." That is a British English phrase. Any of the others, such as "baggage claim" or "the carousels," will work. However, you need not be concerned.
Jul 13, 2020 · Greece. British English (Sussex) Jul 13, 2020. #3. A "semblance of normalty" - something that resembles "normal". "Some semblance" - a small degree of resemblance. It's not a very positive way of talking about her progress towards normality, suggesting that she still had a long way to go, at that time. K.
Oct 22, 2008 · pits/reclaim pit/storage pad/ storage pit. Thread starter lylyn; Start date Oct 22, 2008; L. lylyn New ...
Oct 4, 2007 · Haiti, French. Oct 8, 2007. #8. mariachiloco said: Perhaps it means to "reclaim" or to take something back or reclaim something that was lost. "Refind" just does not seem to work and I don't believe that it is a word in the English language. Actually... it is. Refind.
Dec 26, 2006 · Very useful for formal situations. Are you not tempted, dearpru & egueule, to reclaim the word and say you are indisposed whether you have a blister, an appointment at the dentist's, or are unconscious. Speaking for the English version, the only reason I would not use it would be from not wanting to be thought coy.
