Title

1. the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like. 2. a descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book. 3. title page. 4. a descriptive or distinctive appellation, especially one belonging to a person by right of rank, office, attainment, etc.: the title of Lord Mayor. 5. Sports. the championship: He won the title three years in a row. 6. an established or recognized right to something. 7. a ground or basis for a claim. 8. anything that provides a ground or basis for a claim. 9. Law. legal right to the possession of property, especially real property. the ground or evidence of such right. the instrument constituting evidence of such right. a unity combining all of the requisites to complete legal ownership. a division of a statute, lawbook, etc., especially one larger than an article or section. (in pleading) the designation of one's basis for judicial relief; the cause of action sued upon, as a contract or tort. 10. Ecclesiastical. a fixed sphere of work and source of income, required as a condition of ordination. any of certain Roman Catholic churches in Rome, the nominal incumbents of which are cardinals. 11. Usually, titles. Movies, Television. a subtitle in the viewer's own language: an Italian movie with English titles. any written matter inserted into the film or program, especially the list of actors, technicians, writers, etc., contributing to it; credits.