entitled

Everyday

1. If you are entitled to something, you have a right to have it or do it. tree →
2. If a book, song or film is entitled something, that is its title or name. tree →
3. (disapproving) Someone who is entitled acts as if they deserve special treatment when they do not. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you are entitled to a refund, to free school meals, or to your own opinion. In school, a story «entitled The Lost Key» is called that. In talk, calling someone «so entitled» is a criticism: they act spoilt and think the rules are not for them. In maths problems «each child is entitled to 3 stickers» means each gets that share. Phrases: entitled to, a book entitled, feel entitled, fully entitled.

Examples

• Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. tree →
• If the toy is broken, you are entitled to a refund. tree →
• She wrote a poem entitled «The Snow Fox». tree →
• Each pupil is entitled to two free tickets, so 30 pupils get 60 tickets. tree →
• He acts so entitled, pushing to the front of every queue. tree →
• Children are entitled to an education. tree →
• The film is entitled «Return to the Island». tree →
• The ticket entitles you to one free drink. tree →
• Gollancz informs me he remembers a version entitled “Pepper, Salt, and Mustard,” with the refrain just given. tree →

Note

«Entitled to» is followed by a noun or a verb: «entitled to a rest», «entitled to rest». «Entitled» and «titled» both work for names of books. The disapproving sense is a criticism of attitude. In maths «entitled to n each» means multiply n by the number of people.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life you are entitled to a refund, to free school meals, or to your own opinion. In school, a story «entitled The Lost Key» is called that. In talk, calling someone «so entitled» is a criticism: they act spoilt and think the rules are not for them. In maths problems «each child is entitled to 3 stickers» means each gets that share. Phrases: entitled to, a book entitled, feel entitled, fully entitled.

Examples

• This passage is explained by Isaac Satanow in his Hebrew Dictionary entitled Sephath Emeth, p. 44, b: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Tom., I, Chap. 1.) Third, Rittangel published the book "Yezirah," 1642, at Amsterdam, entitled: "Liber Yezirah qui Abrahamo patriarchae adscribitur, una cum commentario (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Dr. Steinshneider (see Magazin fuer Literatur des Auslandes, 1845) and Dr. Cassel (in his commentary to the book entitled Kusari,) maintain that the ancient Jewish (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

«Entitled to» is followed by a noun or a verb: «entitled to a rest», «entitled to rest». «Entitled» and «titled» both work for names of books. The disapproving sense is a criticism of attitude. In maths «entitled to n each» means multiply n by the number of people.