entitle Definition
en·ti·tle (en tīt′'l, in-)
transitive verb -·tled, -·tling
- to give a title or name to
- to honor or dignify by a title
- to give a right or legal title to; qualify (a person) to something
Etymology: ME entitlen < OFr entituler < LL intitulare < L in, in + titulus, title
entitle Synonyms
entitle
v.
entitle Usage Examples
Object
- booklet: Roger Evans reported that he had sent out a second draft booklet entitled " Applying to Register a Design " .
- holder: The bus permit entitles holders to free travel at any time of the week.
- lecture: Dr. Wong presented his research at the conference in a lecture entitled Pharmacy Practice: Improving Medicine Use in Children.
- thesis: Spent the next sixteen years in general veterinary practice being awarded the Fellowship of the RCVS for his thesis entitled Dystocia in the Sow.
- leaflet: In addition, The European Commission published on 7 March 2006, a leaflet entitled EU Environment Related Indicators 2006.
- article: In 1884 " The Bristol Mercury published a series of articles entitled " The Homes of the Bristol Poor " .
Used with why or when
- How: Goldman Sachs, in a paper entitled How Big is the UK Savings Gap?
- What: He is currently working on a monograph entitled What Causes Intrastate War?
- who: To find out when you absolutely can't give blood, go to the section entitled Who can't give blood.
Infinitive complement
- vote: Life Members shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting of the Society.
- recover: Landlords may not be entitled to recover the costs of these additional steps under the existing provisions of their leases.
- cancel: You are not entitled to cancel the Contract in any circumstances other than as set out in the Contract.
- rely: That express declaration of his position on the transcript seems to me one on which this court is entitled to rely.
- receive: Those over the age of 60 are entitled to receive a free bus pass.
- withhold: Indeed, that conclusion followed inexorably from the finding that the appellant had not been entitled to withhold payment.
Adjective complement
him/her: An Ordinary Member shall be a member who subscribes annually the current subscription which entitles him/her to the same rights as a Life Member.
Modifying Another Word
- legally: On reaching 18, your child will be legally entitled, to get a copy of the original birth certificate.
- provisionally: Currently working on a study of the erotic odes of Horace, provisionally entitled The lovesong of Q. Horatius Flaccus.
- perfectly: You are perfectly entitled to insist on having enough time to prepare your case properly.
- automatically: Others have been under the mistaken impression that payment of a higher fee automatically entitled them to a higher level of award.
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