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单词 entitle
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Definition of entitle in English:

entitle

verb ɪnˈtʌɪt(ə)lɛnˈtʌɪt(ə)l
[with object]
  • 1often be entitled toGive (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.

    employees are normally entitled to redundancy pay
    with object and infinitive the landlord is entitled to require references
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If your tent is faulty or unfit for normal use you are entitled to a refund if you act quickly.
    • Only when these options are exhausted would you be entitled to terminate employment.
    • In particular, would she be entitled to claim any compensation if I asked her to move out either now or in the future?
    • Every natural and legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
    • Meanwhile he was not entitled to any pay and could not be asked to do any work.
    • Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
    • He is entitled to claim that money back from the Commons as long as the office is not used for party politics.
    • is a government-issued document or permit entitling its holder to prospect and extract minerals, together with associated privileges.
    • If goods are not of satisfactory quality consumers are entitled to a legal remedy.
    • Residents were granted 99-year lease agreements, entitling them to lease the land under their houses for between $36,000 and $46,000 upfront.
    • It is well established that patients are entitled to receive competent care.
    • Plus, you can claim up to twelve month's back-payments if you were entitled to claim earlier.
    • In this case, a concession was effectively a fiscal grant, entitling the holder to collect revenue from land worked by others.
    • Those persons are not entitled to claim the rights and privileges under the Convention.
    • If she is entitled to receive it for professional services rendered, then she must be paid.
    • The issue is whether changing the licence plates on the leased vehicle constituted a breach of the lease agreement, thereby entitling the plaintiff by counterclaim to damages for breach of contract.
    • All four-year-old children are already entitled to receive free nursery education.
    • Within this time you are entitled to cancel the order and receive a full refund for unused goods.
    • A separate hearing will decide how much holiday and sickness pay he is entitled to.
    • It was deemed that I was not entitled to benefit as I had not paid in enough in the last three years!
    • Patients are entitled to receive health care on the basis of clinical need.
    • Owners frequently ask whether their boat warranty entitles them to a complete replacement or refund of the purchase price if the vessel proves defective.
    • The decision of the competent authority or authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project.
    • He is entitled to remain silent and require the prosecution to prove its case.
    • Have you claimed all the tax allowances and credits that you're entitled to?
    • Where the employee has committed a serious breach of contract then this would of course entitle the employer to terminate the contract.
    • It is a bit of a mystery, and we are investigating why he did not receive the standard of service he was entitled to.
    Synonyms
    qualify, make eligible, authorize, sanction, allow, permit, grant, grant/give the right, give permission
    enable, empower, accredit
    enfranchise, capacitate
  • 2Give (something) a particular title.

    a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • De Botton presents us Xavier de Maistre, a Frenchman who, in 1790, undertook a journey around his bedroom, later entitling an account of what he had seen ‘Journey Around My Bedroom’.
    1. 2.1archaic with object and complement Give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character.
      they entitled him Sultan
      Synonyms
      title, name, call, give the title of, label, term, designate, dub
      baptize, christen
      rare denominate

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- 'in' + Latin titulus 'title'.

Rhymes

mistitle, recital, requital, title, vital
 
 

Definition of entitle in US English:

entitle

verb
[with object]
  • 1Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.

    employees are normally entitled to severance pay
    with object and infinitive the landlord is entitled to require references
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Within this time you are entitled to cancel the order and receive a full refund for unused goods.
    • It is a bit of a mystery, and we are investigating why he did not receive the standard of service he was entitled to.
    • Every natural and legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
    • The issue is whether changing the licence plates on the leased vehicle constituted a breach of the lease agreement, thereby entitling the plaintiff by counterclaim to damages for breach of contract.
    • Only when these options are exhausted would you be entitled to terminate employment.
    • If your tent is faulty or unfit for normal use you are entitled to a refund if you act quickly.
    • He is entitled to remain silent and require the prosecution to prove its case.
    • Plus, you can claim up to twelve month's back-payments if you were entitled to claim earlier.
    • In this case, a concession was effectively a fiscal grant, entitling the holder to collect revenue from land worked by others.
    • Meanwhile he was not entitled to any pay and could not be asked to do any work.
    • Have you claimed all the tax allowances and credits that you're entitled to?
    • Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
    • If she is entitled to receive it for professional services rendered, then she must be paid.
    • It is well established that patients are entitled to receive competent care.
    • Patients are entitled to receive health care on the basis of clinical need.
    • All four-year-old children are already entitled to receive free nursery education.
    • Owners frequently ask whether their boat warranty entitles them to a complete replacement or refund of the purchase price if the vessel proves defective.
    • The decision of the competent authority or authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project.
    • In particular, would she be entitled to claim any compensation if I asked her to move out either now or in the future?
    • It was deemed that I was not entitled to benefit as I had not paid in enough in the last three years!
    • Residents were granted 99-year lease agreements, entitling them to lease the land under their houses for between $36,000 and $46,000 upfront.
    • If goods are not of satisfactory quality consumers are entitled to a legal remedy.
    • He is entitled to claim that money back from the Commons as long as the office is not used for party politics.
    • Those persons are not entitled to claim the rights and privileges under the Convention.
    • A separate hearing will decide how much holiday and sickness pay he is entitled to.
    • Where the employee has committed a serious breach of contract then this would of course entitle the employer to terminate the contract.
    • is a government-issued document or permit entitling its holder to prospect and extract minerals, together with associated privileges.
    Synonyms
    qualify, make eligible, authorize, sanction, allow, permit, grant, give the right, grant the right, give permission
  • 2Give (something, especially a text or work of art) a particular title.

    an article entitled “The Harried Society.”
    Example sentencesExamples
    • De Botton presents us Xavier de Maistre, a Frenchman who, in 1790, undertook a journey around his bedroom, later entitling an account of what he had seen ‘Journey Around My Bedroom’.
    1. 2.1archaic with object and complement Give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character.
      they entitled him Sultan
      Synonyms
      title, name, call, give the title of, label, term, designate, dub

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- ‘in’ + Latin titulus ‘title’.

 
 
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