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Title   /tˈaɪtəl/   Listen
Title

noun
1.
A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with.  Synonyms: rubric, statute title.
2.
The name of a work of art or literary composition etc..  "He refused to give titles to his paintings" , "I can never remember movie titles"
3.
A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work.
4.
The status of being a champion.  Synonym: championship.
5.
A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it.  Synonyms: deed, deed of conveyance.  "He kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
6.
An identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General'.  Synonyms: form of address, title of respect.
7.
An established or recognized right.  Synonym: claim.  "He had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate" , "He staked his claim"
8.
(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action.
9.
An appellation signifying nobility.
10.
An informal right to something.  Synonym: claim.  "His title to fame"
verb
(past & past part. titled; pres. part. titling)
1.
Give a title to.  Synonym: entitle.
2.
Designate by an identifying term.  Synonym: style.



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"Title" Quotes from Famous Books



... Warren, whose title was still so new that she looked startled when they addressed her by it, greeted them warmly and indicated the sleeping ...
— The Girl in the Mirror • Elizabeth Garver Jordan
... 1651, contains, besides the poems here reprinted, some prose translations from Plutarch and other writers. The separate title-pages of these are given in the Bibliography (vol. ii., p. lviii): the incidental scraps of verse in them appear on pp. 291-293 of the present volume. The edition of 1651 has, besides the printed title-page, an engraved title-page by ...
— Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II • Henry Vaughan
... so glad you are a rich man," she said to me one day, "and have a title and all that. It doesn't matter for you, you know, Don, because you are you. But it will give the baby such ...
— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand
... it its title, and why? Was it old EDWARD LEAR from the grave? Since Jumblies in Blimps would be certain to fly When for air they abandon the wave. Was it dear LEWIS CARROLL, perhaps Sent his phantom to christen ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919 • Various
... on which this work is based is to be found in the archives of the American Government, which date back to 1774, when the first Continental Congress assembled. The earliest sets have been published complete up to 1777, under the title of "American Archives," and will be hereafter designated by this name. These early volumes contain an immense amount of material, because in them are to be found memoranda of private individuals and ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume One - From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 • Theodore Roosevelt


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