Definition: an informal right to something
Usage: his claim on her attentions; his title to fame
Definition: an established or recognized right
Usage: a strong legal claim to the property; he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate; he staked his claim
Main entry: form of address, title, title of respect
Definition: an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'
Usage: the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title
Main entry: title
Definition: an appellation signifying nobility
Usage: `your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king
Main entry: title
Definition: the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
Usage: he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title; he refused to give titles to his paintings; I can never remember movie titles
Main entry: title, statute title, rubric
Definition: a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
Usage: Title 8 provided federal help for schools
Main entry: title
Definition: (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
Usage: the titles go by faster than I can read
Main entry: title
Definition: a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
Usage: the novel had chapter titles
Main entry: title, deed, deed of conveyance
Definition: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
Usage: he signed the deed; he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment
Main entry: title, championship
Definition: the status of being a champion
Usage: he held the title for two years
Definition: designate by an identifying term
Usage: They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
Definition: give a title to