title

noun titles

1. The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art. I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.
2. 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.
3. broadly A published piece of media. The retailer carries thousands of titles.
4. broadly A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book. Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act
5. 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, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles. Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death With his former title greet Macbeth.

   Similar: style

6. Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this. a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
7. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
8. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
9. in plural A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance. The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.
10. The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
11. The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book. 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.
12. formal A long title.
13. informal A short title.

Similar: honour, title

verb titles · titling · titled

1. transitive To assign a title to; to entitle.

interjection

1. Internet Used in the body of a post to indicate that the title has already said all that needs to be said.