Used in a Sentence

entitled

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for entitled.

Editorial note

I guess everyone is entitled to interpret words however they like, but the salient attribute of a startup is exactly what the word means: it's a new venture.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of entitled gathered in one view.

adjective

Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.

adjective

(literally) Having a title.

adjective

(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for entitled.

adjective

Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.

adjective

(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.

Example sentences

1

I guess everyone is entitled to interpret words however they like, but the salient attribute of a startup is exactly what the word means: it's a new venture.

2

They cannot go on someone else's property and be entitled to act however they want, without the owner's permission.

3

Prop 8 in California), but now gay people are equally entitled to ruin their lives with marriage.

4

Clearly, Chrome phones home and Google feels entitled to check new URLs that it can't spider.

5

No, it's the artists who feel entitled to make money off their work, work that oftentimes is quite worthless or poor.

6

The author has clearly framed these as personal opinions, which as we all know, everyone is entitled to.

7

The WSI article seems pretty biased but ok, everybody is entitled to an opinion.

8

Why does the OP feel entitled to not have to compete with others?

9

Others are not required to offer content for free and I don't feel entitled to it.

10

The entitled and pompous attitude of admins is so elitist it's sick.

11

You're not entitled to a free GUI toolkit for no good reason.

12

Nobody is entitled to a particular job in an area (if they are not paid enough) if they can't (with the pay) afford the rent.

Quote examples

1

Have you seen Victor Rodych's entry at the plato.stanford.edu site entitled "Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics"?

2

When the city shows up to present development plans, only older generations who feel somewhat entitled to their neighborhood's "culture" show up and berate the plans.

3

There is an awesome book entitled "Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem" (you can google it for a link to a supplier) Well worth the read.

4

If you liked this one, he also wrote another cool paper entitled "Cryptology and Physical Security: Rights Amplification in Master-Keyed Mechanical Locks." It discusses the ability to reverse-engineer master keys in the context of computer science.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use entitled in a sentence?

I guess everyone is entitled to interpret words however they like, but the salient attribute of a startup is exactly what the word means: it's a new venture.

What does entitled mean?

Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.

What part of speech is entitled?

entitled is commonly used as adjective.