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Definition of title verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

title

verb
 
/ˈtaɪtl/
 
/ˈtaɪtl/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they title
 
/ˈtaɪtl/
 
/ˈtaɪtl/
he / she / it titles
 
/ˈtaɪtlz/
 
/ˈtaɪtlz/
past simple titled
 
/ˈtaɪtld/
 
/ˈtaɪtld/
past participle titled
 
/ˈtaɪtld/
 
/ˈtaɪtld/
-ing form titling
 
/ˈtaɪtlɪŋ/
 
/ˈtaɪtlɪŋ/
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  1. to give a book, piece of music, etc. a particular name
    • be titled… Their first album was titled ‘Made in Valmez’.
    • an article titled ‘Is Music Dead?’
    • These poems are from a manuscript tentatively titled ‘The Hunter’.
    Word OriginOld English titul, reinforced by Old French title, both from Latin titulus ‘inscription, title’. The word originally denoted a placard or inscription placed on an object, giving information about it, hence a descriptive heading in a book or other composition.
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