称 — meaning in English

English meaning

• assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
• claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
• entitle verb To give something a name or heading.
• title noun The name given to a book, film, song, or other work.
• vindicate verb To free someone from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

Senses

称 is used for these senses in English:

• assure (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
• entitle To dignify by an honorary designation.
• title (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.
• vindicate (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

assure — full definition

1. verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
2. verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.

claim — full definition

1. verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
2. verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
3. noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
4. noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.

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