title

Etymology

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.

noun

1. An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
   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. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
2. (property law) 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. (chiefly 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.
    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. May 13, 2012, 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
13. (law, formal) A long title.
14. (law, informal) A short title.

verb

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