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A title is typically the official part of your name, placed at the beginning to signify a certain status or function. So, do you prefer "Mr.," "Mrs.," "Dr." or "Ms"? Or perhaps you just go by "Grand Pooh-bah"?

There seem to be as many ways to use the word title as there are titles on a library shelf — because a title is also what you call a book or song or work of art. Titles are even given to statutes and acts of legislature. When you buy a car, you get a title, which is a piece of paper certifying your ownership. And when your favorite team wins the championship? You often say they won the title — and the right to brag.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: title

1	n v	the name of a work of art or literary composition etc. give a title to
2	n	an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'
3	n	an established or recognized right
4	n	(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: title

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

“he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title”

“he refused to give titles to his paintings”

“I can never remember movie titles”

Types:: 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

Type of:: name
a language unit by which a person or thing is known

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

“the novel had chapter titles”

Types:: 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

Type of:: subhead, subheading
a heading of a subdivision of a text

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

“Title 8 provided federal help for schools”

Synonyms:: rubric, statute title

Type of:: head, header, heading
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

v give a title to

Synonyms:: entitle

Types:: proclaim
declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

Type of:: call, name
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

v designate by an identifying term

Synonyms:: style

Type of:: call, name
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

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

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

Synonyms:: form of address, title of respect

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; Aga, Agha
title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey); 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; Don
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; Dona
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman; Frau
a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman; Fraulein
a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman; Hakham
a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man; Herr
a German courtesy title or form of address for a man; Miss
a form of address for an unmarried woman; Mister, Mr, Mr.
a form of address for a man; Mrs, Mrs.
a form of address for a married woman; Ms, Ms.
a form of address for a woman; Rabbi
a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher; Reverend
a title of respect for a clergyman; Senor
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr' or `sir'; Senora
a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'; Senorita
a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'; Signora
an Italian title or form of address for a married woman; Signorina
an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman; Very Reverend
a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as cathedral deans and canons and others); 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

Type of:: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

n an appellation signifying nobility

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

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Lordship
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge; Ladyship
a title used to address any peeress except a duchess; baronetcy
the title of a baron; viscountcy
the title of a viscount

Type of:: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

n an established or recognized right

“he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate”

Synonyms:: claim

Types:: own right
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; entitlement
right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)

Type of:: legal right
a right based in law

n an informal right to something

“his title to fame”

Synonyms:: claim

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

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

“he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment”

Synonyms:: deed, deed of conveyance

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; 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; muniments
deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land

Type of:: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

n the status of being a champion

“he held the title for two years”

Synonyms:: championship

Types:: 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

Type of:: high status
a position of superior status

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

“the titles go by faster than I can read”

Type 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)

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