titles

We have found lemma(root) word of titles : title.

Definitions


[ˈtʌɪtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work
(e.g: the author and title of the book)

- a name that describes someone's position or job
(e.g: Leese assumed the title of director general)

- the position of being the champion of a major sports competition
(e.g: Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981)

- a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne
(e.g: a grocery family had title to the property)

- (in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination


Phrases:

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


[ˈtʌɪtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give a name to (a book, composition, or other work)
(e.g: a report titled The Lost Land)


Phrases:

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




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