• IPA: /ˈtaɪtl̩/

title (plural titles)

1. A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also Titles
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death
     With his former title greet Macbeth.

2. (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

   a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title

3. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
4. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
5. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

   I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.

6. A publication.

   The retailer carries thousands of titles.

   Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.

7. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
8. (mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

   The titles scrolled by too quickly to read.

9. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
10. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
11. A division of an act of law

    Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act

12. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

• See also Thesaurus:title

• French: titre
• German: Titel
• Italian: titolo
• Portuguese: título
• Russian: ти́тул
• Spanish: título

• German: Eigentumsrecht
• Russian: пра́во со́бственности
• Spanish: tutela, título

• French: titre
• German: Titel, Eigentumsnachweis
• Portuguese: título

• French: titre
• German: Titel
• Italian: titolo
• Portuguese: título
• Russian: назва́ние
• Spanish: título

• French: intitulé
• German: Überschrift
• Russian: заголо́вок

title (titles, present participle titling; past and past participle titled)

1. (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

• Italian: intitolare