Title

['taɪt(ə)l] or ['taɪtl]

Definition

(noun.) an established or recognized right; 'a strong legal claim to the property'; 'he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate'; 'he staked his claim'.

(noun.) an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; 'the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title'.

(noun.) an appellation signifying nobility; '`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king'.

(noun.) the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; 'he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title'; 'he refused to give titles to his paintings'; 'I can never remember movie titles'.

(noun.) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; 'Title 8 provided federal help for schools'.

(noun.) (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; 'the titles go by faster than I can read'.

(noun.) a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; 'the novel had chapter titles'.

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Definition

(n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

(n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

(n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

(n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

(n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

(n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.

(n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.

(n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.

(n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

(n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

(n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Inscription.[2]. Name, appellation, COMPELLATION, designation, epithet, cognomen.[3]. Right, ground of claim.

v. a. [Rare.] Denominate, name, ENTITLE.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Inscription, heading, denomination, style, designation, appellation,distinction, address, epithet, name

ANT:Non-designation, indistinction, nondescript, namelessness, non-denomination

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Definition

n. an inscription set over or at the beginning of a thing by which it is known a title-page: a name of distinction: that which gives a just right to possession: ownership: the writing that proves a right: (B.) a sign: a fixed sphere of work required as a condition for ordination a parish in Rome—of these fifty give titles to cardinal-priests: in bookbinding the panel on the back on which the name of the book is printed.—adj. Tī′tled having a title.—ns. Tī′tle-deed a deed or document that proves a title or just right to exclusive possession; Tī′tle-leaf the leaf on which is the title of a book.—adj. Tī′tleless (Shak.) wanting a title or name.—ns. Tī′tle-page the page of a book containing its title and usually the author's name; Tī′tle-r鬺e the part in a play which gives its name to it as 'Macbeth;' Tī′tle-sheet the first sheet of a book as printed containing title bastard-title &c.; Tī′tling the act of impressing the title on the back of a book; Tī′tlonym a title taken as a pseudonym; Bas′tard-tī′tle (see Bastard).

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