title
Definition of title:
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part of speech: noun
An inscription set over or at the beginning of a thing by which it is known: a name of distinction: that which gives a just right to possession: the writing that proves a right: ( B.) a sign.
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part of speech: noun
An inscription put over a thing as the name by which it is to be known; the inscription at the beginning of a book intimating the subject of the work, and usually the author's and publisher's names; a general head containing particulars; a name; an appellation; a name of honour or dignity; a claim of right; that which is the foundation of ownership; the written document that proves a right.
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part of speech: verb
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Common misspellings:
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- 7th (0.4%)
- totle (0.4%)
- tital (13.3%)
- titl (1.5%)
- ltitle (0.4%)
- tiltle (3.8%)
- titlle (3.0%)
- titel (21.2%)
- titile (28.4%)
- ttile (0.8%)
- ttitle (1.1%)
- tltle (1.5%)
- titla (0.8%)
- tite (3.4%)
- tilte (12.9%)
- ttle (0.8%)
- ittle (0.4%)
- titule (1.9%)
- titiled (0.4%)
- titlke (0.8%)
- tiitle (2.3%)
- titletwo (0.8%)
Usage examples for title:
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None can dispute his title to be called its founder.
"Logic, Inductive and Deductive" – William Minto -
Somebody had an interview with a 'minion' in a 'mask'; I went downstairs and looked up these words in Bailey's 'English Dictionary', but was left in darkness as to what they had to do with the lady of title
"Father and Son" – Edmund Gosse -
For the first time that day he forgot to address her with the ceremony of her title
"Clementina" – A.E.W. Mason -
This weary, weary title filled her with dismay.
"Lady Anna" – Anthony Trollope
