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Examples of entitle in a Sentence
He entitled his book “My Life on Mars.”
the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens
Recent Examples of entitle from the Web
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Lord said those wrongly accused are entitled to damages, not just their money back.
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Here's the deal: Every Basecamp employee is entitled to a generous salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time-off.
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Congress decided that every war court convict is entitled to a full appeal, Baker said, so his office is pursing it.
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Some time later Trump went to Deputy Mayor Peter Solomon and reportedly proposed a deal entitling him to a $4.4 million commission.
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They were charged in state court along with Mordechai and Jocheved Breskin, who prosecutors said collected more than $585,000 in benefits they weren’t entitled to.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld Wisconsin court rulings that the owners of a family cottage on Lake St. Croix were not entitled to compensation over development regulations that bar the sale of the family's adjacent lot.
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The homeowners won a class-action lawsuit against the Florida Department of Agriculture nearly a decade ago that said they were entitled to full compensation for the healthy trees that were destroyed.
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The new resolution, entitled On The Anti-Gospel Alt-Right White Supremacy, was voted on by the convention.
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Origin and Etymology of entitle
Middle English, from Anglo-French entitler, from Late Latin intitulare, from Latin in- + titulus title
ENTITLE Defined for English Language Learners
entitle
playDefinition of entitle for English Language Learners
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: to give a title to (something, such as a book)
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: to give a right to (someone)
ENTITLE Defined for Kids
entitle
playDefinition of entitle for Students
entitled
;entitling
1 : to give a title to
2 : to give a right or claim to Buying a ticket entitles you to a seat.
Law Dictionary
entitle
Legal Definition of entitle
entitled
entitling
: to give an enforceable right to claim something
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