1 (often be entitled to) give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something: employees are normally entitled to redundancy pay | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : the landlord is entitled to require references.
2 give (something) a particular title: a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’. • [ with obj. and complement ] archaic give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character: they entitled him Sultan.
name
1 give a name to: hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named | [ with obj.and complement ] : she decided to name the child Edward.• identify correctly by name: the dead man has been named asJohn Mackintosh.• give a particular title or epithet to: she was named asStudent of the Year.• mention by name: the sea is as crystal clear as any spot in the Caribbean you might care to name.• appoint (someone) to a particular position or task: he was named to head a joint UN–OAS diplomatic effort.• Brit. (of the Speaker) mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair and thereby subject to a ban from the House.
2 specify (a sum, time, or place) as something desired, suggested, or decided on: the club have asked United to name their price for the striker.
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entitle
1 (often be entitled to) give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something: employees are normally entitled to redundancy pay | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : the landlord is entitled to require references.
2 give (something) a particular title: a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’. • [ with obj. and complement ] archaic give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character: they entitled him Sultan.
name
1 give a name to: hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named | [ with obj.and complement ] : she decided to name the child Edward.• identify correctly by name: the dead man has been named asJohn Mackintosh.• give a particular title or epithet to: she was named asStudent of the Year.• mention by name: the sea is as crystal clear as any spot in the Caribbean you might care to name.• appoint (someone) to a particular position or task: he was named to head a joint UN–OAS diplomatic effort.• Brit. (of the Speaker) mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair and thereby subject to a ban from the House.
2 specify (a sum, time, or place) as something desired, suggested, or decided on: the club have asked United to name their price for the striker.