title: translation
noun
1 name of a book, film/movie, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ album, book, chapter, film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), song
▪ original
▪ working
VERB + TITLE
▪ give sth
TITLE + 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/profession
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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 win
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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.
▪ overall
VERB + 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
▪ lose
TITLE + 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.