ENTITLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does entitle mean?
• ENTITLE (verb)
The verb ENTITLE has 3 senses:
1. give the right to
2. give a title to
3. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Familiarity information: ENTITLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ENTITLE (verb)
Meaning:
Give the right to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
Hypernyms (to "entitle" is one way to...):
authorise; authorize; empower (give or delegate power or authority to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They entitle him to write the letter
Meaning:
Give a title to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
title; entitle
Hypernyms (to "entitle" is one way to...):
call; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "entitle"):
proclaim (declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ennoble; gentle; entitle
Hypernyms (to "entitle" is one way to...):
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "entitle"):
baronetise; baronetize (confer baronetcy upon)
lord (make a lord of someone)
dub; knight (raise (someone) to knighthood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
