Meaning of title | Babel Free

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1. The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art
2. The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
3. 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
4. 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.
5. A published piece of media
6. A published piece of media.
   broadly
7. A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book
8. A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
   broadly
9. 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
10. 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.
11. Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
12. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
13. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
14. A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
    in-plural
15. The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
16. The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
17. A long title.
    formal
18. A short title.
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.”

“The retailer carries thousands of titles.”

“Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.”

“Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act”

“Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death With his former title greet Macbeth.”

“The old man had always favored the match. He liked Clayton, and, being of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the advantages of a title, which meant little or nothing to his daughter.”

“He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.”

“a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title”

“The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.”

“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.”

“Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.”

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