entitled
part of speech
adjective (entitled); verb, past form of entitle (entitle, entitles, entitled, entitling)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
sense 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 the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «entitled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.