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Learn “Entitle”

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Entitle

verb/en-TYE-tuhl/

Meaning

To give someone the right to have or do something, or to give a title.

In context

She decided to entitle her poem 'The Bush at Dawn'.

Remember it

Entitle holds 'title' — it gives you a title or the right to claim something.

Use it well

Two meanings: to give a right ('entitle you to'), or to give a name/title.