title

noun

• 1the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work:the author and title of the book
• a caption or credit in a film or broadcast: Rumbelows will get exclusive sponsorship with opening and closing titles
• a book, magazine, or newspaper considered as a publication:the company publishes 400 titles a year

• 2a name that describes someone’s position or job:Leese assumed the title of director general
• a word such as Lord or Dame that is used before someone’s name, or a form that is used instead of someone’s name, to indicate high social or official rank:he will inherit the title of Duke of Marlborough
• a word such as Mrs or Dr that is used before someone’s name to indicate their profession or marital status: the title Professor is reserved for one or two members of a department
• a descriptive or distinctive name that is earned or chosen:the restaurant deserved the title of Best Restaurant of the Year

• 3the position of being the champion of a major sports competition:Davis won the world title for the first time in 1981

• 4 [mass noun] Law a right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne:a grocery family had title to the property [count noun]:the buyer acquires a good title to the goods

• 5(in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.
• a parish church in Rome under a cardinal.

verb

• give a name to (a book, composition, or other work):a report titled The Lost Land