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   title

   /ˈtʌɪtl/

   noun

   • 1. the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work: "the author and title of the book" Similar namesubtitlesubject
   • ▪ a caption or credit in a film or broadcast: "Rumbelows will get exclusive sponsorship with opening and closing titles" Similar captionlegendinscriptionlabelheadingsubheadingheadmottoslogandevicewordingrubriccredit
   • ▪ a book, magazine, or newspaper considered as a publication: "the company publishes 400 titles a year" Similar publicationworkofferingbooknewspaperpapermagazineperiodicalorgan
   • 2. a name that describes someone's position or job: "Leese assumed the title of director general"
   • ▪ a word such as Lord or Dame that is used before someone's name, or a form that is used instead of someone's name, to indicate high social or official rank: "he will inherit the title of Duke of Marlborough" Similar designationnamedenominationlabelrankstatusofficepositionform of addressepithetstyleinformal:monikerhandleformal:appellation
   • ▪ a word such as Mrs or Dr that is used before someone's name to indicate their profession or marital status: "the title Professor is reserved for one or two members of a department"
   • ▪ a descriptive or distinctive name that is earned or chosen: "the restaurant deserved the title of Best Restaurant of the Year"
   • 3. the position of being the champion of a major sports competition: "Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981" Similar championshipfirst placecrownbeltmedalprizetrophycupshieldplatelaurelsbayspalmhonouraccolade
   • 4. a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne: "a grocery family had title to the property" Similar ownership ofproprietorship offreehold ofentitlement toright toproprietary rights toclaim topossession ofholding ofhold oftenure ofcontrol ofkeeping ofcharge ofcustody ofguardianship of
   • 5. (in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.
   • ▪ a parish church in Rome under a cardinal.

   verb

   • 1. give a name to (a book, composition, or other work): "a report titled"

   Word Origin Old Englishtitul, reinforced by Old French title, both from Latin titulus ‘inscription, title’. The word originally denoted a placard or inscription placed on an object, giving information about it, hence a descriptive heading in a book or other composition.

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