adj
Meaning 1
Having a title.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally
Examples
- Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
entitled
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈtaɪtl̩d/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president.
- If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation.
- He feels entitled to other people's respect.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of entitle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
qualified for by right according to law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we are all entitled to equal protection under the law
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُعَنْوَن (muʕanwan) — having a title - book etc
- Bulgarian: озаглавен (ozaglaven) — having a title - book etc
- Dutch: getiteld — having a title - book etc
- Esperanto: titolita — having a title - book etc
- French: intitulé — having a title - book etc
- Galician: intitulado — having a title - book etc
- Galician: intitulada — having a title - book etc
- Galician: titulado — having a title - book etc
- Galician: titulada — having a title - book etc
- German: betitelt — having a title - book etc
- German: getitelt — having a title - book etc
- German: benannt — having a title - book etc
- Hungarian: címe — having a title - book etc
- Hungarian: című — having a title - book etc
- Italian: intitolato — having a title - book etc
- Polish: zatytułowany — having a title - book etc
- Portuguese: intitulado — having a title - book etc
- Russian: озаглавленный (ozaglavlennyj) — having a title - book etc
- Russian: именующийся (imenujuščijsja) — having a title - book etc
- Spanish: intitulado — having a title - book etc
- Swedish: betitlad — having a title - book etc
- Danish: berettiget — having a right to something
- Dutch: gerechtigd — having a right to something
- Dutch: rechthebbend — having a right to something
- French: ayant droit — having a right to something
- Galician: con dereito (a) — having a right to something
- German: berechtigt — having a right to something
- German: anspruchsberechtigt — having a right to something
- German: befugt — having a right to something
- Hebrew: זַכַּאי (zakkáy) — having a right to something
- Hungarian: jogosult — having a right to something
- Indonesian: berhak — having a right to something
- Italian: avente titolo — having a right to something
- Polish: uprawniony — having a right to something
- Portuguese: beneficiário — having a right to something
- Portuguese: beneficiária — having a right to something
- Portuguese: beneficiário efetivo — having a right to something
- Russian: наделённый правом (nadeljónnyj pravom) — having a right to something
- Russian: имеющий право (imejuščij pravo) — having a right to something
- Russian: правомочный (pravomočnyj) — having a right to something
- Russian: уполномоченный (upolnomočennyj) — having a right to something
- Spanish: tener el fuero / derecho / privilegio a / de — having a right to something
- Spanish: derechohabiente — having a right to something
- Swedish: berättigad — having a right to something
- French: présomptueux — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- French: prétentieux — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Galician: condescendente — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Galician: presunzoso — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Galician: presunzosa — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: anmaßend — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: anspruchsvoll — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: dünkelhaft — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: fordernd — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: vermeintlich privilegiert — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: überheblich — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: hochtrabend — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- German: selbstgefällig — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Hungarian: követelőző (minden jogalap nélkül) — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Italian: presuntuoso — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Italian: presuntuosa — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Māori: whakahīhī — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Polish: roszczeniowy — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Portuguese: condescendente — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Portuguese: presunçoso — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Portuguese: presunçosa — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Russian: претенциозный (pretencioznyj) — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Russian: притязательный (pritjazatelʹnyj) — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Russian: высокомерный (vysokomernyj) — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Russian: требовательный (trebovatelʹnyj) — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Spanish: engreído — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Spanish: finchado — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Spanish: creerse muy privilegiado — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Spanish: creer tener mucho fuero — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
- Spanish: ufano — convinced of one's own righteousness or the justifiability of one's actions or status
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