Title Meaning
/ˈtaɪ̯.təl/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
nounThe name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
Sentence Examples
His official title at the company is Assistant to the President.
The boxer had to lose weight for the title match.
What's title of her new book?
CEFR Practice Quiz
After winning the final match, she proudly held the world champion ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please write the ____ of the book clearly on the first page of your report so that everyone knows the topic today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death
With his former title greet Macbeth."
— c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
"The old man had always favored the match. He liked Clayton, and, being of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the advantages of a title, which meant little or nothing to his daughter."
— 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 100:
"He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement."
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title."
— 2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport:
"Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one."
— 1997, David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After winning the final match, she proudly held the world champion ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please write the ____ of the book clearly on the first page of your report so that everyone knows the topic today.