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ti·tle (tīt'l)

noun

  1. the name of a book, chapter, poem, essay, picture, statue, piece of music, play, film, etc.
    1. title page
    2. a literary work of a particular title 150 new titles in the publisher's fall catalog
  2. a descriptive name or appellation; epithet
  3. an appellation given to a person or family as a sign of privilege, distinction, rank, or profession
  4. a claim or right
  5. in sports and other competition, a championship
  6. Ch. of England a source of income or field of work required of a candidate for ordination
  7. Film, TV words shown on the screen that give credit to someone for work done, translate a segment of foreign dialogue, etc.: usually used in pl.
  8. Law
    1. the name of a statute or act; also, the heading designating a legal proceeding
    2. a division of a law book, statute, etc., usually larger than a section or article
    3. a right to ownership, esp. of real estate
    4. evidence of such right of ownership
    5. a document stating such a right; deed

Etymology: OFr < L titulus, inscription, label, title, sign

transitive verb titled -·tled, titling -·tling

to give a title to; designate by a specified name, or title; entitle

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title

n.

  1. A designation

    book name, indication, heading, caption, inscription, headline, subtitle, sign, appellation; see also name 1.

  2. Ownership or evidence of ownership

    holding, right, claim, due, power, license; see also deed, 2, ownership.

  3. Mark of rank or dignity

    honorific, appellation, form of address, epithet, commission, decoration, medal, ribbon, coat of arms, crest, cordon, order, authority, privilege, degree; see also emblem.

    Titles include: Sir, Doctor, Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms, Reverend, Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal, Pope, Monsignor, Father, Rabbi, Dame, King, Prince, Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Marquise, Duke, Grand Duke, Knight, Count, Czar, Tsar, Emperor, Empress, Sultan, Khan, Emir, Pasha, Mirza, Sahib, Effendi, Queen, Duchess, Lady, Princess, Marchioness, Viscountess, Countess, Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle, Señor, Señorita, Señora, Don, Doña, Herr, Fräulein, Frau, General, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Admiral, Commander, Sergeant, Ensign, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Speaker, Governor, Mayor, Judge, Ambassador, Representative, Senator.

  4. A championship

    cup, trophy, first place.


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title Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • win: Two Orkney golfers have won the Scottish champions title in the biggest competition for club golfers in the world.

Adjective modifier

  • coveted: Lads were practicing for one of the coveted international titles, the Bells Beach Surfing Classic, held over easter.

Modifies a noun

  • deed: No one's land is to be seized and no title deeds taken away.

Noun used with modifier

  • journal: You can search for these by journal title or keyword, or browse within a subject area.
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title quotes

The Master: records prove the title good: Yet figures fail you, for they cannot say How many men whose names you never knew Are proud to tell their sons they saw you play. They share the sunlight of your summer day Of thirty years; and they, with you, recall How, through those well-wrought centuries, your hand Reshaped the history of bat and ball.

-Aristotle

OThou, whatever title suit thee! Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie.

-Burns, Robert

   Most of my colleagues were -ists of one sort or another; and however kind and friendly they might be, I, the man without a rag of a label to cover himself with, could not fail to have some of theuneasy feelings which must have beset the historical fox when, after leaving the trap in which his tail remained, he presented himself to his normally elongated companions. So I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

-Huxley,T(homas) H(enry)

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