TITLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does title mean? 

• TITLE (noun)
  The noun TITLE has 10 senses:

1. a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

2. the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

3. a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work

4. the status of being a champion

5. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

6. an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General'

7. an established or recognized right

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

  Familiarity information: TITLE used as a noun is familiar.

• TITLE (verb)
  The verb TITLE has 2 senses:

1. give a title to

2. designate by an identifying term

  Familiarity information: TITLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rubric; statute title; title

Context example:

Title 8 provided federal help for schools

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

head; header; heading (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

I can never remember movie titles

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

masthead (the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page)

rubric (a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type)

Derivation:

title (give a title to)

titular (of or pertaining to the title of a work of art)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the novel had chapter titles

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

subhead; subheading (a heading of a subdivision of a text)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

credit (an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work)

caption; legend (brief description accompanying an illustration)

subtitle (secondary or explanatory title)

Derivation:

title (designate by an identifying term)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The status of being a champion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

championship; title

Context example:

he held the title for two years

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

triple crown ((baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs)

triple crown ((horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

deed; deed of conveyance; title

Context example:

he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

bill of sale (a deed transferring personal property)

deed poll (a deed made and executed by only one party)

enfeoffment (under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service)

mortgage deed (deed embodying a mortgage)

title deed (a legal document proving a person's right to property)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

form of address; title; title of respect

Context example:

the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

Aga; Agha (title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey))

Father; Padre ('Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); 'Padre' is frequently used in the military)

Very Reverend (a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as cathedral deans and canons and others))

Signorina (an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman)

Signora (an Italian title or form of address for a married woman)

Senorita (a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English 'Miss')

Senora (a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English 'Mrs' or 'madam')

Senor (a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English 'Mr' or 'sir')

Reverend (a title of respect for a clergyman)

Rabbi (a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher)

Ms; Ms. (a form of address for a woman)

Mister; Mr; Mr. (a form of address for a man)

Miss (a form of address for an unmarried woman)

Herr (a German courtesy title or form of address for a man)

Hakham (a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man)

Fraulein (a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman)

Frau (a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman)

Dona (a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman)

Don (a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename)

Defender of the Faith (a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since)

Mrs; Mrs. (a form of address for a married woman)

Derivation:

titular (of or bearing a title signifying status or function)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An established or recognized right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

claim; title

Context example:

he staked his claim

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

entitlement (right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits))

Derivation:

title (give a title to)

titular; titulary (of or relating to a legal title to something)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the titles go by faster than I can read

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 9

Meaning:

An appellation signifying nobility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

'your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "title"):

viscountcy (the title of a viscount)

baronetcy (the title of a baron)

Ladyship (a title used to address any peeress except a duchess)

Lordship (a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge)

Derivation:

titular (of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility)

Sense 10

Meaning:

An informal right to something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

claim; title

Context example:

his title to fame

Hypernyms ("title" is a kind of...):

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

• TITLE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a title to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

entitle; title

Hypernyms (to "title" is one way to...):

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "title"):

proclaim (declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

title (an established or recognized right)

title (the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Designate by an identifying term

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

style; title

Context example:

They styled their nation 'The Confederate States'

Hypernyms (to "title" is one way to...):

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

title (a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work)

 Context examples 

Some day I shall write it up—'The Degradation of Toil' or the 'Psychology of Drink in the Working-class,' or something like that for a title.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Title and money—who could carry them better than she?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He picked up the volume from the table and read out the whole title, Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A title conferred on a person, usually in recognition of their merits, actions or contributions.

(Honorary Title, NCI Thesaurus)

The findings can be found in a report whose title translates as “Update and Listing of New Amazon Vertebrates and Plant Species 2014-2015”.

(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)

The formal title of the document.

(Document Version Official Title, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE(S): If there is only one title, use this attribute.

(Document Version Official Title, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

NOTE(S): When multiple Epochs have the same purpose (e.g., treatment), then the titles will probably include order numbers to distinguish them.

(Epoch Name, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

We already know our cousin's titles and style, and, certes, we know our own.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But his proud heart could not permit his title to be torn from him without a struggle.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)