title

  • 41title — [13] Title comes via Old French title from Latin titulus ‘inscription on a tomb or altar, label, title’. Other contributions made by the Latin word to English include entitle [14], tilde [19], tittle [14], and titular [18]. Cf.⇒ ENTITLE, TILDE,… …

    Word origins

  • 42title — ti|tle [ taıtl ] noun *** 1. ) count the name of a book, poem, movie, play, or other work of art: What s the title of her new book? a ) a book that is produced by a publisher: It s a small company that publishes about 20 titles a year. 2. ) count …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 43title*/*/*/ — [ˈtaɪt(ə)l] noun [C] 1) the name of a book, film, or other work of art What s the title of her new book?[/ex] 2) a word or abbreviation that is used before someone s name, for example ‘Doctor , ‘General , or ‘Mrs 3) a name for someone s job… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 44title — /ˈtaɪtl / (say tuytl) noun 1. the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like. 2. a descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book. 3. a titlepage. 4. a descriptive or distinctive… …

  • 45title —   1. Rank. Kūlana.   2. Right. Kūleana; alolio (in fee simple).     Certificate of title (land), palapala ho onā. See land title.   3. Heading, as of an article. Po o, po o ōlelo, po omana o, inoa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 46title — / taɪt(ə)l/ noun a right to own a property ● She has no title to the property. ● He has a good title to the property …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 47title — 1. noun a) A prefix or suffix added to a persons name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also The retailer carries thousands of titles …

    Wiktionary

  • 48title — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. name, handle (inf.); form of address; subheading, subtitle; appellation, designation, caption; legend; epithet; honorific, peerage; status, degree; cognomen, surname. v. name, call. See nomenclature,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 49title — ti·tle || taɪtl n. distinctive appellation denoting rank or achievement; heading, caption; right; ownership; championship v. call by a title, furnish with a caption or heading …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 50title — n 1. book name, story name, cover inscription, subtitle; headline, head, banner, banner head or line, streamer; heading, subheading, subhead, lemma; caption, rubric, legend, inscription, Journalism. cut line, Motion Pictures. subtitle. 2. name,… …

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