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Word: Title
Speech Type: Noun
Old English titul, 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
ˈtʌɪtl
the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work
Short Definition:name of book, composition, or other artistic work
Examples:- the author and title of the book
a name that describes someone's position or job
Short Definition:name that describes someone's position or job
Examples:- Leese assumed the title of director general
the position of being the champion of a major sports competition
Short Definition:position of being champion of major sports competition
Examples:- Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981
a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne
Short Definition:right or claim to ownership of property or to rank or throne
Examples:- a grocery family had title to the property
- the buyer acquires a good title to the goods
(in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.
Short Definition:(in church use) fixed sphere of work and source of income as condition for ordination
Word: Title
Speech Type: Verb
ˈtʌɪtl
give a name to (a book, composition, or other work)
Short Definition:give name to
Examples:- a report titled The Lost Land
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