[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/entitled/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) / entitled # entitled adjective (entitled); verb, past form of entitle (entitle, entitles, entitled, entitling) «entitled» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. If you are entitled to something, you have a right to have it or do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#m1) 2. If a book, song or film is entitled something, that is its title or name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#m2) 3. (disapproving) Someone who is entitled acts as if they deserve special treatment when they do not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#m3) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x1) - If the toy is broken, you are entitled to a refund. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x2) - She wrote a poem entitled «The Snow Fox». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x3) - Each pupil is entitled to two free tickets, so 30 pupils get 60 tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x4) - He acts so entitled, pushing to the front of every queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x5) - Children are entitled to an education. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x6) - The film is entitled «Return to the Island». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x7) - The ticket entitles you to one free drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x8) - Gollancz informs me he remembers a version entitled “Pepper, Salt, and Mustard,” with the refrain just given. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/#x9) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entitled/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entitled/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entitled/#x3) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «entitled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«entitled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entitled.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «entitled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entitled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«entitled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/entitled.html) on Mova free.