titular

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Editorial note

What relevance does it have to the titular question of the blog post?

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Quick take

of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights"

adjective

of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of titular rank"

adjective

of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for titular.

adjective

of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights"

adjective

of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of titular rank"

adjective

of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book"

adjective

of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility; "titular dignitaries"

adjective

existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

Example sentences

What relevance does it have to the titular question of the blog post?

I don't see the reference to the titular question.

Funny, because teachers were the titular bricks in the wall of the original song.

Can we at least agree that being ruled by a monarch, even a titular one, isn't progressive either?

It's just that the titular concept of the "executive" is out of style among the rising generation.

In the titular example, the arguer originally says "no Scotsman does x," and the obvious implied definition of "Scotsman" is simply a man from Scotland.

There's a superhero webcomic called Spinerette that includes this - the titular heroine shoots webbing out of her tailbone, and is quite grumpy that this isn't nearly as cool as Spider-man's power.

Hmm, I think this is a fine essay for people who have already internalized the notion of algebra per se, but it's not great for a student who has to yet to do so and is asking the titular question "What is algebra?

Among other flaws, the titular phrase comes with hidden assumptions:"I have nothing to hide", assuming":- everyone accessing my information, now and forever in the future, is honest- those monitoring me and agree with me about what's good and bad and their definition never changes in a way that hurts me- my information can never be stolen by crooks, advertisers, etcand so forth

Never understood this "face of company" stuff Americans are so obsessed with... if he wouldn't have took that job, but kept working on a similarly influential position as he did up till date, no one would be making these "boycott Mozilla" self-advertisements, just as they didn't do anything alike before, right?\nDoes all this mean that people care more about someone's three titular letters instead of his behaviour and actions in his position?