entitle

(ĕn-tīt'l)
tr.v., -tled, -tling, -tles.

1. To give a name or title to.
2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law.

[Middle English entitlen, from Old French entiteler, from Medieval Latin intitulāre : Latin in-, provide with; see en-¹ + Latin titulus, title.]

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To be entitled to means 'to have a right or claim to' and can be followed by a noun (or noun phrase) or by a to-infinitive with a clause: Everyone is entitled to an opinion / We are entitled to make personal choices. It should not be used as a synonym of liable (to a penalty), as in The nation suffered badly and was entitled to suffer for what it had done. Here was entitled to should be replaced by deserved to.

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verb

1. To give a name or title to: baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, name, style, term, title. See specific/general, words.
2. To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, license, qualify. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: have right
Antonyms: disqualify

IN BRIEF: v. - Give a title to; Give a title to someone; Give the right to.

Does the entrance fee entitle you to dinner, also?

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For a list of words related to entitled, see:

• Dominant, Stubborn, Proud, or Confident

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - berettige, give ret til, benævne, give titel af

Nederlands (Dutch)
betitelen, het recht geven

Français (French)
v. tr. - intituler, autoriser, (Jur) habiliter (à faire), donner droit (à qn, à qch), avoir qualité pour faire, être habilité à faire

Deutsch (German)
v. - betiteln, berechtigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξουσιοδοτώ, τιτλοφορώ, ονομάζω, απονέμω τίτλο ευγενείας, δίνω το δικαίωμα, επιτρέπω (κυριότητας ή πράξης)

Italiano (Italian)
intitolare, qualificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - intitular, autorizar

Русский (Russian)
давать право, уполномочивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - designar, calificar, denominar, dar el derecho, titular, intitular

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - berättiga, betitla, kalla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
取名为, 叫做, 给予名称

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 取名為, 叫做, 給予名稱

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 칭호를 주다, 권리를 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 題する, 名称を与える, 権利を与える, 題名を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخول, يلقب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קרא, נתן שם, כינה, זיכה, היקנה זכות‬

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