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titular — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
  • entitle verb To give a title to.
  • headline noun The bold title printed above a newspaper or magazine article, summarizing its content.
  • holder noun A person who owns, possesses, or is entitled to something, such as a ticket, title, or account.
  • incumbent adj Currently holding an office or position.
  • starter noun Someone who starts, or who starts something.
  • title noun The name given to a book, film, song, or other work.

Senses

titular is used for these senses in English:

  • designate To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
  • entitle To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.
  • headline (journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.
  • holder A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
  • incumbent The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.
  • starter (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
  • title (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.
  • titrate (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.

designate — full definition

  1. verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
  2. adj Chosen for a role but not yet officially holding it.

entitle — full definition

  1. verb To give a title to.
  2. verb To dignify by an honorary designation.
  3. verb To give power or authority (to do something).
  4. verb To give rightful ownership.

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