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entitled
[ en-tahyt-ld ]
adjective
- called by the title indicated:
In my paper so entitled, I explore the idea that "Robust Democracy Is National Security."
- having a right or legitimate claim to something:
The inheritance passes to the legally entitled heir.
- assuming or acting as though one has an innate right or claim to wealth, success, recognition, etc.:
I was so entitled and self-centered that I never noticed the injustices around me.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of entitle ( def ).
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Other Words From
- un·en·ti·tled adjective
- well-en·ti·tled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of entitled1
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Example Sentences
Everyone is entitled to be treated with basic decency and respect.
Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge have always been entitled brats.
To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.
Park gave the First Lady a book entitled “The Very Best of Korean Cooking.”
And if anyone's entitled to such sweet dreams, it's Annie Lennox.
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
In 1639 Venner published a volume entitled "A Treatise" concerning the taking of the fume of tobacco.
One of the first tracts wholly devoted to tobacco is entitled Nash's "Lenten Stuffe."
Doing so, I received a different sort of salute from that to which a Commander-in-Chief landing on duty is entitled by regulation.
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