title
noun
[ ˈtʌɪt(ə)l ]
• the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work.
• "the author and title of the book"
• a name that describes someone's position or job.
• "Leese assumed the title of director general"
• the position of being the champion of a major sports competition.
• "Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981"
Similar:
championship,
first place,
crown,
belt,
medal,
prize,
trophy,
cup,
shield,
plate,
laurels,
bays,
palm,
honour,
accolade,
• a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne.
• "a grocery family had title to the property"
Similar:
ownership of,
proprietorship of,
freehold of,
entitlement to,
right to,
proprietary rights to,
claim to,
possession of,
holding of,
hold of,
tenure of,
control of,
keeping of,
charge of,
custody of,
guardianship of,
• (in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.
title
verb
• give a name to (a book, composition, or other work).
• "a report titled The Lost Land"
Similar:
call,
entitle,
name,
dub,
give something the title of,
designate,
label,
tag,
describe something as,
style,
term,
christen,
baptize,
clepe,
denominate,
Origin:
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.
