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'.
Inputed by Artie--From WordNet
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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Examples
- So the world was kind enough to call him; and so he was, if more than twenty years of residence gave him a claim to the title. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Of the two sons, the eldest, Arthur, inherited the title and estates. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nor was any new office created or any new official title invented for his benefit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sometimes she writes Percival only, but very seldom--in nine cases out of ten she gives him his title. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The title gave him a sudden start, too; and he could not avoid casting a wistful glance round the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They respected a possible baronet in the boy, between whom and the title there was only the little sickly pale Pitt Binkie. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This boyish notion won no converts, and at the age of eighteen he went on a lecture tour on chemistry, under the dignified title of Dr. Coult. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And I'd rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Men have hitherto thought you magnanimous and wise, will you cast aside these titles? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Law,' replied Mr. Grummer--'Law, civil power, and exekative; them's my titles; here's my authority. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This is the reason why itinerant venders of liniments under various titles such as Wizard Oil, Pain Killer, Instant Relief, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The titles of the two works, one from the name of an individual child, the other from a form of government, should serve to remind us of the purpose and limita tions of each. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The titles on the backs of his books have retired into the binding; everything that can have a lock has got one; no key is visible. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Tracy Tupman was stepping forward to announce his own titles, when the stranger prevented him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mademoiselle, neither titles nor crowned heads excite my modesty; and publicity is very much my element. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Far above their own titles, therefore, they esteemed and envied the title of C?sar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The State that rivals Virginia as a Mother of Presidents has evidently other titles to distinction of the same nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Titles followed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She is such a very nice girl--no airs, no pretensions, though on a level with the firSt. I don't mean with the titled aristocracy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It seems that three titled belles in the first row had sat down predetermined that a _bonne d'enfants_ should not give them lessons in English. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Thus then I should meet this titled stripling--the son of my father's friend. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her black satin dress, her scarf of rich foreign lace, and her pearl ornaments, pleased me better than the rainbow radiance of the titled dame. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Rosalie