entitles
- 1Third-person singular simple present of entitle.
Seniority entitles employees to several additional vacation days each year.
The contract entitles the buyer to a full refund within thirty days.
Note
The present-tense form behind a right being granted. A singular subject entitles someone to something. Two patterns follow it: to plus a noun (entitles the buyer to a refund) for ownership, or to plus a verb (entitles members to vote) for authority. The naming use, as when an author entitles a chapter, takes the title directly and needs no to.
Membership entitles you to vote at the annual meeting.
She entitles the final chapter "Homecoming."
entitles is a form of entitle
entitle, verb: To give someone the power or authority to do something. Full entry
- Spelling
- entitle → entitles: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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