titlenoun
uk/ˈtaɪ.təl/us/ˈtaɪ.t̬əl/title noun (NAME)
B1 [ C ] the name of a film, book, painting, piece of music, etc.:
the information given at the end or beginning of a film or television programme, stating the names of the people who acted in it or were involved in its production
[ C ] specialized publishing a book:
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- The author's name was printed below the title.
- Put the title of the article in quotes.
- There was a book I wanted to buy, but now I can't remember the title.
- Some visitors to art galleries spent most of their time studying the titles of the paintings, rather than the paintings themselves.
- She ruled two red lines under the title and then sat for a long time, thinking what to write.
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- showing
- slide projector
- slow motion
- sound effect
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- the big screen 1
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title noun (PERSON)
[ C ] a word that is used before someone's name, stating their social rank, qualifications, position in an organization, sex, etc.:
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- She has no rightful claim to the title.
- It is a hereditary title, so Mark Howard will become Sir Mark Howard on his father's death.
- Before she married Charles, her title was Lady Diana Spencer.
title noun (SPORTS PRIZE)
C2 [ C ] the position you get by beating all other competitors in a sports competition:
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Winners & losers
- all-American
- be a slam dunk idiom
- champ
- champion
- championship
- dark horse
- elevator club
- front-runner
- golden generation
- leader
- match
- number one
- record holder
- reigning
- runner-up
- shoo-in
- slam dunk
- superstar
- titleholder
- yo-yo club
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title noun (LEGAL RIGHT)
[ U ] the legal right to own a piece of land or a building, or a document that proves this right:
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Having and owning - general words
- -owned
- attach to sb/sth
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bear
- bearer
- belong
- belong to sb
- carry
- claim
- endow
- hold
- interest
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- owner
- ownership
- proprietress
- revert to sb
- stake somewhere/sth out
- want
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titleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈtaɪ.təl/us/ˈtaɪ.t̬əl/to give a title to a book, movie, play, song, or work of art: