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ti·tle

title

 
 
pronunciation:
taI tl
parts of speech:
noun, verb
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: A title is the name of a book or something else that someone writes. A title is also what we call the name of a movie, a piece of music, a painting, or other work of art.
The title of the book made it sound exciting.
similar words:
headline, name
definition 2: A title is a word used with a person's name to show their job or their rank. "Doctor," "Princess," "King," "Chief," "Miss," "Mr." and "Ms." are all titles. When we write a title, we begin with a capital letter.
The name of Anna's piano teacher is Miss Ellen Collins, but she doesn't want her students to use her title and last name. She wants them to call her just "Ellen."
definition 3: A title is a sports championship.
My cousin's school won the state basketball title last year.
similar words:
crown, cup, prize, trophy
 
part of speech: verb
inflections: titles, titling, titled
definition: When you title a story, you give the story a title.
Henry couldn't decide how to title his story, so he had to think about it a long time.
synonyms:
name
similar words:
call, tag
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