title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/
rhymes: -aɪtəl
homophone: tidal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: titles
Etymology: From 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.
Senses: examples: text: I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.
glosses: The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
glosses: The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
examples: text: The retailer carries thousands of titles.
text: Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.
glosses: A published piece of media.
examples: text: Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act
glosses: A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
examples: text: Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death
With his former title greet Macbeth.
ref: 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]:
text: The old man had always favored the match. He liked Clayton, and, being of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the advantages of a title, which meant little or nothing to his daughter.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 100:
text: 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.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: 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; a style. (For examples, see :Category:en:Titles.)
examples: text: a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
topics: law
property
glosses: Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
glosses: In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
glosses: A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
examples: text: The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.
glosses: A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport:
text: 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.
ref: 1997, David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America:
topics: arts
bookbinding
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
topics: law
glosses: A long title.
topics: law
glosses: A short title.
Synonyms: word: honour
word: title
Hypernyms: word: name
word: nomenclature
word: identification
word: recognition
word: reward
Hyponyms: word: damehood
word: knighthood
word: lordship
word: rank
Meronyms: word: honorific
word: post-nominal
Derived terms: 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
honorary 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 drop
title loan
title page
title paramount
title plan
title policy
title role
title track
Torrens title
warranty of title
working title
Related terms: word: :Category:Titles