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titling

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ti·tle

[tahyt-l] noun, adjective, verb, -tled, -tling.
noun
1.
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
2.
a descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book.
4.
a descriptive or distinctive appellation, especially one belonging to a person by right of rank, office, attainment, etc.: the title of Lord Mayor.
5.
Sports. the championship: He won the title three years in a row.
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6.
an established or recognized right to something.
7.
a ground or basis for a claim.
8.
anything that provides a ground or basis for a claim.
9.
Law.
a.
legal right to the possession of property, especially real property.
b.
the ground or evidence of such right.
c.
the instrument constituting evidence of such right.
d.
a unity combining all of the requisites to complete legal ownership.
e.
a division of a statute, lawbook, etc., especially one larger than an article or section.
f.
(in pleading) the designation of one's basis for judicial relief; the cause of action sued upon, as a contract or tort.
10.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
a fixed sphere of work and source of income, required as a condition of ordination.
b.
any of certain Roman Catholic churches in Rome, the nominal incumbents of which are cardinals.
11.
Usually, titles. Movies, Television.
a.
a subtitle in the viewer's own language: an Italian movie with English titles.
b.
any written matter inserted into the film or program, especially the list of actors, technicians, writers, etc., contributing to it; credits.
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adjective
12.
of or pertaining to a title: the title story in a collection.
13.
that decides a title: a title bout.

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Titling is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
verb (used with object)
14.
to furnish with a title; designate by an appellation; entitle.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English, variant of titel, Old English titul < Latin titulus superscription, title

mis·ti·tle, verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
non·ti·tle, adjective
re·ti·tle, verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
un·der·ti·tle, noun


4. designation, denomination. See name. 14. denominate, term, call, style.

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Word Origin & History

title
c.1300, "inscription, heading," from O.Fr. title (12c.), and in part from O.E. titul, both from L. titulus "inscription, heading," of unknown origin. Meaning "name of a book, play, etc." first recorded mid-14c. The sense of "name showing a person's rank" is first attested 1580s. The verb meaning "to
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furnish with a title" is attested from late 14c.
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