entitle

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ənˈtaɪtəl/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ənˈtaɪ.təl/ or /ɛnˈtaɪ.təl/

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Verb

Plain form entitle

Third-person singular entitles

Past tense entitled

Past participle entitled

Present participle entitling

1. (transitive), (usually passive) If you are entitled to something, you have a right to receive or do it.

   If I'm in a smoking section, I feel that I'm entitled to smoke.

   Don't try to shut me up. I'm entitled to my opinion.

2. (transitive), (usually passive) If a book, article, movie, etc. is entitled something, it has that title.

   Provine, a historian of science at Cornell University, published an article entitled "Scientists, Face It! Science and Religion Are Incompatible."

Related words

• entitlement