Entry Word: title

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known <asked the clerk to help him find a movie recommended by a friend, even though he couldnʼt remember the title or who was in it> — see name 1
2 a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize <the title of this chapter is “Women and Power in Jane Eyre”> — see heading
3 the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition <won the singles title three years in a row> — see crown 2