entitling

verb

Definition of entitlingnext
present participle of entitle
1
as in authorizing
to give a right to the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens

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2
as in naming
to give a name to apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers

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  1. authorizing
  2. qualifying
  3. enabling
Verb
  • Fragments of the debates about authorizing the persecutions show courtiers much more concerned with policing ordinary life than their predecessors.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The debt limit is a relic of World War I, when Congress stopped authorizing individual instances of government borrowing and replaced them with a blanket authorization — up to a certain limit.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of authorizing
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  • But two years ago, the Diamondbacks exploited the three wild card system, qualifying for the postseason with 84 wins and then going on a magical run to the Series.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The misperception here is the belief Congress is currently raising the age for qualifying for Social Security benefits, and that isn't the case.
    Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of qualifying
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  • Also on the tech front, social media will be instrumental in enabling more efficient communications between students and property staff, Westover says.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • An algorithm is a set of instructions enabling a computer program to put together different sources of information [data] and generate a result.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of enabling
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