- title
- noun1 name of a book, film/movie, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ album, book, chapter, film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), song▪ original▪ workingVERB + TITLE▪ give sthTITLE + NOUN▪ page▪ sequence▪
the opening title sequence of the movie
▪ character, role▪She sang the title role in ‘Carmen’.
▪ song, track▪‘Take me’, the title track of his latest album
PREPOSITION▪ under a/the title▪She published her poetry under the title ‘Homecoming’.
2 book, magazine, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ new▪40% of new titles were actually new editions of existing books.
▪ best-selling▪ book, game, etc.▪Sony has released six new game titles.
VERB + TITLE▪ publish, release▪The company is publishing fewer titles than last year.
3 name of a rank/professionADJECTIVE▪ grand, long▪She bears the grand title ‘Divisional President’.
▪ courtesy (esp. BrE), honorary, honorific, official▪The justices are accorded the courtesy title ‘Lord’.
▪ job▪His job title is Special Projects Officer.
▪ full▪Count Victor Oldenburg and Hess, to give him his full title
VERB + TITLE▪ bear, have, inherit▪She has a title (= is of noble birth).
▪ take▪ deserve, earn▪Bessie Smith earned the title ‘Empress of the Blues’.
▪ award, bestow, confer, give sb▪The king bestowed lands and titles upon his followers.
▪He was given the title of ‘wise man’.
4 championship winADJECTIVE▪ European, national, world, etc.▪ championship, division, league, etc.▪ heavyweight, middleweight, etc.▪ batting (in baseball)▪ back-to-back, consecutive, successive (esp. BrE)▪Suzuki won seven consecutive batting titles in Japan's Pacific League.
▪ overallVERB + TITLE▪ capture, claim, clinch, take, win▪Deportivo clinched the title with a goal in the final seconds of the last game of the season.
▪ hold, keep▪He held the world heavyweight title until last year.
▪ defend▪ retain▪ loseTITLE + NOUN▪ challenge (esp. BrE), shot▪He has been building up fitness for his world title challenge.
▪ defence/defense▪ bout, fight, game (AmE), match▪ holder▪ challenger (esp. BrE), contender▪ sponsor▪Dodge was the title sponsor of the Darlington race.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
