title
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ.təl/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtəl
- Homophone: tidal (in accents with flapping)
- Hyphenation: ti‧tle
Noun
edittitle (plural titles)
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death
With his former title greet Macbeth.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
- (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.
- A publication.
- The retailer carries thousands of titles.
- Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.
- A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
- (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
- A division of an act of law
- Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- 2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport:
- With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title.
- 1997, David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America:
- Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.
- (law, formal) A long title.
- (law, informal) A short title.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:title
Derived terms
edit- abstract of title
- after-acquired title
- allodial title
- bastard title
- catch title
- chain of title
- clear title
- cloud of title
- cloud on title
- collective title
- color of title
- courtesy title
- covenant of title
- end titles
- entitle
- half-title
- half title
- job title
- junk title
- long title
- native title
- paramount title
- protected title
- running title
- salvage title
- short title
- strata title
- subtitle
- supertitle
- surtitle
- temple title
- title bar
- title card
- title case
- title character
- title company
- title deed
- title defect
- title loan
- title page
- title plan
- title policy
- title role
- title track
- Torrens title
- warranty of title
- working title
Descendants
editTranslations
editprefix or suffix added to a name
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right to ownership
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certificate of ownership
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section or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc
name of a book, etc
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subject of a writing
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Verb
edittitle (third-person singular simple present titles, present participle titling, simple past and past participle titled)
- (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.
Translations
editthe act of assigning a title
Anagrams
editChinese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tai1 tou4
- Yale: tāi tòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai1 tou4
- Guangdong Romanization: tei1 tou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edittitle
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) title; appellation; (especially) job title
References
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
edittitle
- inflection of titeln:
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