title
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin titulus (“title, inscription”).
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[edit] Noun
title (plural titles)
- A prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
- (law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- A publication.
- The retailer carries thousands of titles.
- Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.
- A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance (usually titles pl).
- The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.
- The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
- A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.
- Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act
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- See also Wikisaurus:title
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prefix or suffix added to a name
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right to ownership
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certificate of ownership
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name of a book, etc
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subject of a writing
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[edit] Verb
title (third-person singular simple present titles, present participle titling, simple past and past participle titled)
- (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.
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the act of assigning a title
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