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title

noun (NAME)
 
 
/ˈtaɪ.tl̩/ US  /-t̬l̩/

Definition

B1 [C] the name of a film, book, painting, piece of music, etc.: The title of Evelyn Waugh's first novel was 'Decline and Fall'. And this next record is the title track on the album 'The Red Shoes' (= the piece of music and the record are both called 'The Red Shoes'). → See also subtitle, surtitleNames and titles titles [plural] (also credits) the information given at the end or beginning of a film or television programme, stating the names of the people who acted in it or were involved in its productionCinema - general wordsProgrammes and other broadcasts [C] specialized a book: Last year we published over a hundred new titles.Kinds of books
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