TITLE
What does "TITLE" mean?
The name given to a book, film, song, or other work, or a word denoting rank or office.
Meanings
- The name of a book, film, artwork, or other creative work. I forgot the title of that novel, but I remember the cover.
- A word or phrase showing a person's rank, office, or status, such as 'Doctor' or 'Queen'. She earned the title of professor at thirty-five.
- A championship won in sport or another competition. The team clinched the league title in the final minute.
- The legal right to ownership of property, or the document proving it. The bank holds the title to the car until the loan is paid off. technical
- To give a name or heading to something. She titled the painting 'After the Rain'.
Did you know?
- 'Title' and the wavy tilde mark (~) are long-lost cousins: both come from the Latin 'titulus', a label or heading written above the text.
Word origin
From Latin 'titulus', meaning 'inscription, label, or heading', via Old French 'title'; the same root gives 'titular' and lies behind the diacritic 'tilde'.
Remember it
TITLE sits on TOP of a work like a heading sits on top of a page - the name before the first word.
A little poem
One line on the spine-
before a single page turns,
the book has its name.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the deed and the championship trophy become friends? They both insisted they held the title.
What it teaches
A title names a thing but never finishes it; the work still has to earn the word on its cover.
Quick facts
What does TITLE mean?
The name given to a book, film, song, or other work, or a word denoting rank or office.
Is TITLE a valid word?
Yes — TITLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TITLE?
TITLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TITLE come from?
From Latin 'titulus', meaning 'inscription, label, or heading', via Old French 'title'; the same root gives 'titular' and lies behind the diacritic 'tilde'.
What can TITLE teach us?
A title names a thing but never finishes it; the work still has to earn the word on its cover.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.